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Regenerative medicine is an emerging, interdisciplinary field that will result in new engineered medical products. The introduction of a high-resolution, non-destructive imaging technique that is capable of penetrating deeply into the highly-scattering scaffold medium has the means to accelerate the development and commercial utilization of these novel materials. Multi-photon microscopy (MPM) is b ...

The remarkable sensitivity, compactness, low cost, low power-consumption, scalability, and versatility of microcantilever sensors make this technology possibly the best solution for container screening. In Phase I, Nevada Nanotech Systems (NNTS) successfully demonstrated all components of a prototype sensor system for measuring the concentrations of unlawful or hazardous materials in shipping con ...

The Phraselator, a handheld automatic translation device, currently uses a cardioic microphone as an input for automatic speech recognition (ASR). This microphone is highly vulnerable to performance degradation in typical noisy military environments and,thus, there is a need for an improved transducer for this application. We propose to develop a new directional microphone that is immune to extr ...

Accelerated development of directed energy technologies has presented new problems to mission planners and weapon operators regarding the capabilities, lethality and performance of weapon systems. The Emerging Weapons Technology Evaluation Model willaddress these shortcomings by providing users of varying technical expertise 1) the ability to model a variety of weapons in various mission scenario ...

The goal of our proposed research is autonomous real-time detection, classification, and location of targets from a video image. DTS Inc (www.dtsits.com) proposes to combine its robust software in real-time video tracking and classification of vehicles forthe transportation industry with a new classifier (From our subcontractor, Quasar International, www.quasarintl.com) to develop a true ATR video ...

The Phase II effort builds on Phase I. Phase II starts with an integrated product and process design and engineering analysis of the baseline structure described in the Phase I report and variants that may reduce cost and risk. The emphasis is on use ofnonlinear FEA with continuum analysis to handle stiffeners, window frames, and connectors. After review and approval by SOCOM, the design is fab ...

Presently, a need exists for compact mid-infrared sensors for various combat systems in the 21st century. Systems such as the Future Combat System (FCS) will require remote active multi-spectral sensors with combined capabilities of laser radar, remotechemical detection, and multi-spectral imaging. The mid-infrared spectral region offers enhanced atmospheric transmission, including penetration t ...

Presently, a need exists for compact mid-infrared sensors for various combat systems in the 21st century. Systems such as the Future Combat System (FCS) will require remote active multi-spectral sensors with combined capabilities of laser radar, remotechemical detection, and multi-spectral imaging. The mid-infrared spectral region offers enhanced atmospheric transmission, including penetration t ...

We propose a feasibility study to develop and inexpensive and scalable cluster and software architecture (comprising commodity components) to support data warehousing and mining applications. This study will include design, prototyping, and evaluationcomponents with the overall goal of being commodity-driven (and henceforth cost effective) and emphasize ease-of-use and deployment to support DoD an ...

The nutritional health of field personnel deployed for extended periods is a long-standing problem critical to military troop performance and readiness. The combination of extraordinary physical stresses and the limited provisions carried by militaryfield personnel result in large caloric imbalances. Personnel may experience: loss of strength and decreased endurance; loss of motivation and decr ...