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ABSTRACT:Analysis of human movement with motion capture systems is used in many applications in the domains of health care, military training and simulation, sports, and entertainment. The requirements of these applications have driven the development of new motion capture technologies to improve accuracy, automation, portability, and cost. There is no single motion capture technology that is well ...

Bridger Photonics, Inc. will develop an absolute length metrology sensor that will simultaneously provide >1,000 measurements per second, 0.5 m maximum measurement distance. Bridger’s solution is will fill a gap in precision measurement technology for applications that require rapid monitoring of macroscopic distances such as positioning and calibration of surface metrology systems (CMM, AFM, SE ...

A robust system level design process will be used to identify the design of transparent tapered resistive (TTR) elements, including the materials, fabrication processes, and lifecycle costs. The transparent tapered resistive film will be designed to provides a tapered resistive layer across the film while remaining transparent in the visual and near-infrared optical bands for use in radio-frequenc ...

ABSTRACT: Casting parts with intricate internal surfaces are routinely used in many gun systems. It is important to inspect those casting parts to ensure the inner structures comply with the original design during the first article testing and production lot certification. Currently, inspections of inner surfaces are often done with borescopes, which is time consuming, labor intensive, and costly. ...

ABSTRACT: The past decade has seen a proliferation of computing devices. A landscape once dominated by single core microprocessors has given way to a plethora of competing technologies including multicore x86, ARM, and Power-family processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), Xeon Phis, DSPs, and TILE architectures, among others. Further complicating matter ...

ABSTRACT: The kinds of capability advancements we anticipate include scalable support for multi-vehicle scenarios with concurrent executions, timing and synchronization constraints, heterogeneous sets of specifications, and fault tolerance. The tool development will focus on an open-source software package that integrates with AFRL's AMASE multi-vehicle UAV simulator. The software package aims (i) ...

Cognitive skills/capabilities are important for the military personnel to fulfill tasksand to ensure mission efficiency and success. In the past decade, there are abundant researches suggesting that non-invasive brain stimulation via transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) holds great promise to enhance a soldier's cognitive performances. To take full advantage of such a brain stimulation t ...

Prattle offers an unprecedented ability to aid in both limiting the time between security breach and detection, as well as limiting their effectiveness during this period. To do so, Prattle generates realistic traffic that is intentionally designed to mislead the adversary, and tempt them in directions that make them more detectable. For example, Prattle can generate false web requests, to disguis ...

Modulation linearity and efficiency, in addition to bandwidth, are important parameters characterizing a modulator. In general, improving modulation efficiency is highly desirable, as long as bandwidth is maintained, since higher modulation efficiency allows lower RF signal to impose equivalent change in the optical beam; better linearity of modulation reduces spurs and improves the fidelity of op ...

The availability of diverse feedstock materials with tunable properties and additive-manufacturing equipment capable of fabricating complex, multi-functional structures will allow the U.S. military to produce components with properties tailored to local needsat reduced weight, cost, and schedule. Realizing this goal requires improvements in both additive-manufacturing equipment and materials.To ac ...