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Creative MicroSystems (CMC), of Waitsfield, VT, using external and internal funding sources, has been engaged in the design and development of a novel, multi-lens optical low-light imaging system (MOLLI)a revolutionary advance in night vision technology. Based upon a combined biomimetic/computed vision processing approacha significant departure from current night vision technologyCMC is developing ...

This proposed effort will continue the development, testing, and integration of a general-purpose feature-based navigation system for miniature UUVs that provides a significant reduction in size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements over current navigation systems and methodologies while providing the accuracy and robustness needed for viable underwater operations.This navigation system utilizes ...

Maine Fresh Sea Farms (MFSF) will build a multi-species, multi-season prototype farm with the goal of having crops of fresh sea vegetables available throughout the year. What isn’t utilized fresh will be dried for longer-term storage and used in other products. Our team will gather data on water quality, nutrients, light levels, and hydrodynamics to assemble profiles of key parameters that deter ...

ABSTRACT:The U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the aerospace industry have a critical need for reliable harsh-environment sensors that can deliver real-time monitoring in a turbine engine environment. During Phase I, Environetix confirmed that most harsh environment technologies that rely on wired sensors or complicated wireless hybrid systems have their reliability compromised by the wires or the connect ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will demonstrate an entirely new approach to farming seafood. To date only a limited amount of marine aquaculture on-land and indoors is carried out anywhere utilizing a technology requiring only saltwater, limited space and our novel zero waste approach,. This approach takes advantage of eco ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to address the need for alternative imaging technologies for women with mammographically dense breast tissue by significantly enhancing clinical breast ultrasound images. Mammography is the gold standard for breast cancer screening; however, both dense breast tissue and cancerous lesions a ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to enhance global food security. Aquaculture is the fastest growing agroindustry while the world fisheries catch has leveled out. Consequently, half of all seafood consumed today is farmed. Unfortunately, at least 30% of fish feed is derived from forage fish, the anchovy and sardine-types ...

This SBIR Phase II project studies the problem of how to engage students in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education through game-based learning in a Virtual Robotics computer game. In the game, students design, assemble and train virtual walking robots to compete against their peer robots to secure a seat on a virtual mission to Mars. The project analyses the effects of com ...

A B2B market is well-established in the US for imported elderberries.This results in millions of dollars going abroad annually that could stay in the US supporting networks of small and mid-size farms. We will develop a pilot scale process to produce elderberry concentrate, and we will provide support for full time farmers who seek to grow elderberries as a high value specialty crop. We will devel ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The surgeonandapos s choice of method for closing incisions is becoming increasingly problematic Metal surgical staples are unacceptable for Minimally Invasive Surgery MIS procedures currently percent of surgeries in the US and are out of favor in traditional procedures due to complications and the cost of staple removal Due to the time required for ma ...