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To meet the critical security needs of the Department of Homeland Security and others, we propose two methods for providing a secure root of trust for mobile devices. One method is designed to integrate as easily into existing systems, while the other requires deeper integration but provides correspondingly stronger security. The keys to our work are practicality and integration: practicality to e ...

Incorporating hypervisor-based software virtualization into spacecraft architectures offers the capability to integrate payload software in a plug-and-play fashion, enabling more flexible and reconfigurable platforms. The hypervisor allows the payload software to be implemented in an abstracted, virtualized environment, which isolates the payload software from core spacecraft functions and offers ...

Aculight proposes to develop a laser source that will enable NIST to perform highly sensitive water vapor detection via cavity ring-down spectroscopy. The source will operate over a wavelength region centered at 1380nm. It will be based upon frequency conversion of a single frequency fiber source using an optical parametric oscillator (OPO).The performance of the source in terms of several critica ...

SOCOM, other military branches, and civilian authorities (homeland defense) need ways to rapidly determine the presence of chemical and biological threats and classify their nature. Standoff detection of the threats would greatly enhance personnel safetyand allow more operational flexibility.We propose a novel laser-based system allowing remote measurements of the infrared spectra of aerosols, va ...

In modern military operating environments, military personnel are faced with the challenge of accomplishing more with less human resources. To meet this challenge, each personnel must be able to function optimally. In other words, each operator'scognitive resources must be maximized and delegation of tasks by supervisors to each operator must be based upon knowledge of the soldier's remaining co ...

This project develops a dense array fNIR/EEG neuroimaging system for use in operational environments. Miniature NIR-enhanced optical emitters and detectors are combined with EEG and EIT (Electrical Impedance Tomography) electrodes embedded in a novel,flexible and wireless, geodesic head web. This device integrates all interconnect for power and signal within the flexible geodesic tension structu ...

This phase I SBIR proposal comprises a feasibility study of an advanced new class of optical devices that promise to provide a dramatic expansion of practical optical function in areas such spectral filtering and optical processing. Many areas of opticaldata transport will benefit from robust, low-cost, yet high performance devices delivering building-block functionality in these areas. The new ...

This project attempts to develop an architecture that will enable us to transition multimodal (speech and sketch)technologies for a variety of C3I tasks to the DoD. For example, users will be able to createcourses of action, collaborate with other users, invoke simulators, etc. by speakingand sketching on tablet computers, PDAs, wearable, wall-sized, and paper-based systems. In virtue ofa multiag ...

Three-dimensional (3-D) circuit integration offers significant potential for the performance and density improvement over existing 2-D integration. However, the development of 3-D integrated circuits is hampered by lack of design tools and the problem ofheat dissipation in 3-D structures. To address these issues, Orora Design Technologies (ODT) proposes to develop and demonstrate a thermal-aware d ...