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This SBIR project is designed to develop a high-sensitivity optical spectroscopic method for rapid health screening and monitoring including warfighter field diagnostics and, potentially, detection of chemical warfare agents. The method called noise-immune, cavity-enhanced, optical heterodyne spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS) was invented about 10 years ago, but has been considered too complex for commerci ...

Many DOD systems require high-performance digital signal processing and image processing functions that cannot be implemented efficiently on conventional microprocessors. Systems engineers often address these issues by mapping the compute-intensive portions of these applications onto FPGAs in the form of hardware accelerators, as part of a hardware-software co-design. However, a manual hardware im ...

The significance of the innovation in this Phase II SBIR is the development of a low cost, lightweight epitaxial lift-off (ELO) process for large improvements in the power/weight ratio in solar cell devices. This effort will advance solar cell development by decreasing the weight while maintaining the efficiency performance of the solar cell. The innovation of this work is based upon the complet ...

Tezzaron proposes to use and extend its 3D wafer stacking technology to produce a 8Gb DRAM. The device will be made from 8 layers of memory and a single logic control layer, providing density far beyond the capability of current commercial technology. A device of this density can offer significant improvements in system power, size, weight and performance. The major unknown in creating a device li ...

This Phase I proposal is for evaluating the feasibility of a new camera with the following capabilities. (1) Camera simultaneously captures a video over a 360ºx180º field of view (FOV). (2) Objects appear equally sharp regardless of the direction in which they are located. (3) Resolution is large enough to capture the details of the smallest objects of interest at sufficient resolution. (4) Vide ...

This SBIR proposal is directed toward developing inexpensive, lightweight MWIR and LWIR imagers and cameras which have high performance, excellent pixel unifirmity, and low power consumption. The proposed technology could operate at ambient temperatures and provide simultaneous co-registered MWIR and LWIR images.

High precision digitization of very high frequency waveforms requires sample clocks that have extremely low timing jitter and low noise; any error in timing appears as an error in the sampled signal itself, greatly reducing the dynamic range of the sampled signal. Furthermore, real world and military requirements dictate compact, robust, and inexpensive solutions. Mesa Photonics, LLC and the Uni ...

This SBIR project is directed to the preparation of very strong, dense (> 7g/cc reactive structural energetic materials which have long term storage stability and high energy/combustion output.

Caldera Pharmaceuticals proposes to develop a highly metal-selective system to maintain iron concentrations in the body at optimal levels to prevent infections. The system will control iron without the loss of other essential micronutrients; loss of micronutrients is the cause of toxicity in most chelation systems. Metal selectivity and the corresponding safety for use is the key difference betwee ...

Antibiotic resistance is a major concern for both military and civilian populations. The US FDA reports that about 70 percent of bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one drug. Caldera Pharmaceuticals proposes to develop novel antibacterials for the control of bacterial pathogens that are problematic for the military, focusing on resistance due to biofilms. Calderaâ ...