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A shock mitigating suspended seat, which places the Special Forces Operator in an optimal ergonomic position, will be developed for use in the NSW 11M RIB. It will feature a semi-actively controlled shock absorber to optimize the suspension for a broadrange of operator weights and sea states. In the Phase I effort, a conceptual design and architecture for both control hardware and software was d ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Serious wheelchair accidents have risen to almost 37,000 per year. Users of power chairs are three times as likely to have accidents as users of manual chairs! Many people can neither walk nor successfully navigate a wheelchair, e.g., many with MS, quadraplegia, spinal stenosis, visual and other impairments. The Safety Sensing Independence-Enhancing Wheelch ...

DESCRIPTION: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has been proposed for Dental applications in determining tooth pathologies such as demineralization/caries, hidden fractures, and formation of abscesses. The equipment adopts a piezoelectric and laser optic hybrid transduction system for interrogation of teeth. Ultrasonic responses of the tooth structure will be analyzed by a pattern recognition expe ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Research Phase II project capitalizes on a unique combination of technical expertise developed at Cornell University, SC Solutions, and Cryo Industries of America to produce a powerful new type of scanned probemicroscope.The magnetic resonance force microscope is a sensitive new technique for detecting nuclear magnetic (and unpaired electrons). In this pro ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Through metabolic engineering of the yeast glycosylation pathway, GlycoFi is developing yeast capable of secreting recombinant proteins with human-like glycosylation. In Phase I, a toolkit of cloning vectors, strains, libraries and protocols were developed for targeting glycosylation enzymes to the yeast secretory pathway. The feasibility of this approach was d ...

The development of a hardware module for installation in DRT Receiver hardware to allow for the real-time detection and identification of FH and DSSS spread spectrum signals using the FDDM algorithm developed under Phase I.

Small pixel (25 micron) uncooled microbolometer focal plane arrays are now beginning to become available in limited numbers. Insight Technology has already demonstrated operation over temperature, without either a TE Cooler, or mechanical Shutterutilizing a small pixel 320X240 FPA integrated with small thermal electronics. The thermal sensor systems that utilize small pixel FPAs are well suited ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the avalanche of publicity surrounding H. pylori infection, children have been the one segment of the population that has been virtually ignored. However, there is a growing body of evidence that children, and especially minority children, are commonly afflicted with this disease. There are no FDA approved tests, other than the onerous endoscopic-based test ...

Creare and Dartmouth College propose to design, fabricate, and test an effective system for hearing protection in extreme noise environments. Current Air Force ground crews work in close proximity to aircraft engines in sound environments that can resultin noise-induced hearing loss after brief exposures without sufficient hearing protection. The harmful effects of noise at such extreme levels i ...

Military divers, technical scuba divers, and medical patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy may breathe pure oxygen under pressure. The elevated pressure leads to high partial pressures of oxygen (PO2) which can become toxic. While theeffects of moderate oxygen toxicity are reversible, a diver experiencing seizures could drown. The susceptibility to HBO poisoning is highly variable ...