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LARGE SCALE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH TC CERAMIC SUPERCONDUCTORS (HTSCS), IN ADDITION TO HIGH CURRENT DENSITY, INCLUDE HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH AND CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL STABILITY. MULTICOMPONENT HTSC LAMINATES WITH JC GREATER THAN 1000 A/CM2 AT 77 KELVIN FABRICATED BY THE CONTRACTOR ADDRESS THESE REQUIREMENTS. ELECTRODEPOSITION FROM A NON-AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF THE METAL CLADDING LAYER IN ...

OCCUPANT INJURY CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BY THE INCORPORATION OF PADDING OF HARD SURFACES IN VEHICLE INTERIORS. SEVERAL INTERIOR HARD SURFACES SUCH AS ROOF HEADER, A-PILLAR, AND B-PILLAR ARE DIFFICULT TO PAD DUE TO LIMITED SPACE. WAT IS NEEDED IS AN INFLATABLE PLASTIC BI-LAYER THAT COULD BE ATTACHED TO HARD SURFACES AND GIVE ACCEPTABLE WEAR AND APPEARANCE WHEN UNINFLATED, YET BE INFLATABLE DUR ...

THE LONG RANGE SCIENTIFIC GOALS OF THIS RESEARCH ARE TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CORRELATION OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE WITH PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (FLC) PHASES, AND TO TEST STRATEGIES FOR DESIGN OF NEW MATERIALS. THE PRACTICAL GOAL IS THE INVENTION OF NEW FLC MATERIALS WITH PROPERTIES SUITED FOR INCORPORATION INTO COMMERCIAL FLC SHUTTERS AND LARGE-AREA MATRIX DISPLAY ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A FAMILY OF NOVEL OPTICAL DEVICES BASED ON OPTICALLY ADDRESSED SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS EMPLOYING POLARIZATION SELECTIVE REFLECTORS. THESE DEVICES CAN EXHIBIT OPTICAL BISTABILITY AT VERY LOW LIGHT LEVELS, HENCE SHOULD BE USEFUL FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF OPTICAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING MEMORY. THE PROPOSED DEVICES WILL COMBINE OUR ALREADY DEMONSTRATED HIGH PERFORMANCE S ...

OPERATIONS SUCH AS EDGE AND MOTION DETECTION TAX CURRENT AND FUTURE CONVENTIONAL DIGITAL ELECTRONIC IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS. WE PROPOSE A NOVEL INTEGRATED DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THESE FUNCTIONS IN REAL TIME. OUR DEVICE IS BASED ON THE "SILICON RETINA" OF CARVER MEAD, BUT ADDS OPTICAL OUTPUTS, ALLOWING PREPROCESSED IMAGES TO BEFED DIRECTLY TO FURTHER OPTICAL PARALLEL PROCESSING STAGES. THESE ...

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LOWER QUALITY LUMBER PRODUCTS ARE USED WITH INCREASING REGULARITY DUE TO THE CONTINUOUSLY SHRINKING HIGH QUALITY TIMBER RESOURCE. THE USE OF LOWER QUALITY LUMBER RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS DUE TO A POTENTIALLY EXTENSIVE WARPING, BOTH DURING STORAGE AND CONSTRUCTION. INCREASED WARPING IS EQUATED TO UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC LOSSES DUE TO NEEDED REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. THE PROPOSAL ...

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KMSF PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A REAL-TIME DISPLAY CAPABLE OF HOLOGRAPHICALLY PROJECTING A 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE. DURING THE PHASE I EFFORT, KMS WILL RESEARCH AND EXAMINE THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART, ANALYZE EXISTING ELECTRONIC HOLOGRAPHY SYSTEMS, DESIGN A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A PROJECTED HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY FOR HOLOGRAPHIC STEREOGRAMS AND DEVELOP AN OPTIMIZED DESIGN FOR A HOLOGRAPHIC AUTO-ST ...