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Actoprobe LLC proposes development of a novel class of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) active optical probes with dramatically increased sensitivity and spatial resolution for Near-Field Optical Nanospectroscopy and Nanoscopy. The innovation is accomplished by integrating a diode laser source and a photodetector into a silicon AFM probe in such a way that both the AFM tip and detector are inside the ...

Modern lithium ion batteries are known for their poor safety performance, with many reports of battery failure and fire having been reported. One of the major causes of battery fire is from the use of flammable solvents, such as organic carbonates, as the electrolyte. These hazards have long limited the usage of batteries in dangerous conditions, such as on the battlefield. To combat this issue, t ...

Current military navigation systems are heavily reliant on Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. Advances in adversaries jamming techniques can compromise GPS capabilities and has placed our military forces at risk. Thus, there is a need to maintain mid/course navigation and precision terminal guidance in a GPS Contested Environment. The focus of this problem is on the Stand Off Precision Guide ...

Requirement of a portable device that can translate spoken conversations between Taiwan Hokkien and English. No commercially available product exists that can provide this capability, which is 100% disconnected from the cloud. The first challenge is to ensure the device's portability and accuracy of the translation without an Internet connection. The second challenge is the lack of existing data t ...

This proposal describes a system for detecting anomalies in financial data using topological methods. It enables the efficient triage of such data, alerting a human intelligence analyst when an anomalous Persona is detected so they can be investigated further. The system models this problem as a directed multi/graph, where each node is a Persona and each edge is a Transaction directed from sender ...

To support Next Generation Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Situational Awareness applied research goals, Certus Group proposes the deployment of multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in a meshed configuration to enable collaborative autonomous sensing on littoral targets of strategic interest in a GPS denied environment. In order to develop this capability, a number of tec ...

The objective of this VAS rangefinder Phase I SBIR effort is to complete key enabling trade studies which will inform the development of the range finder through a Phase II effort. The resulting VAS rangefinder will be a low-cost, easy-to-use device that is capable of operating 24/7 in urban or near-urban environments with ambient light sources.

SpaceLoon proposes to design, prototype, and test a consistent, reliable, and bi-directional Controlled Altitude Ballooning (CAB) system for monitoring climate constituents, such as energetic particles (solar and cosmic) and thermodynamic variables, across various atmospheric layers. The absence of linkage between space weather events and atmospheric physics, chemistry, and dynamics, creates voids ...

This research aims to develop decision support tools for better maintenance and planning of renewable energy generation and storage assets using atmospheric, local weather, and on-ground environmental data blended with site-, regional- and national-generation data. The study will use a combination of these data to understand the relationship between non-cloud cover based atmospheric conditions and ...

The Orbital Wildfire Resilience (OWR) project comprises the innovative combination of MyRadar’s miniaturized satellite technology, onboard Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing, and wide-reaching dissemination platform to improve the wildfire hazard resilience of stakeholders. This research facilitates the development of new MyRadar commercial alerting, nowcasting, and satellite imagery produc ...