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THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS TO DESIGN AND FABRICATE A UNIVERSAL END-EFFECTOR WHICH CAN PROVIDE TORQUE FEEDBACK WHILE OPENINGOR CLOSING VALVES. THE END-EFFECTOR WOULD BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN HAZARDOUS OR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE HUMAN PRESENCE IS PRECLUDED. THE DESIGN WILL BE A MODIFICATION OF A MACHINE RECENTLY INVENTED BY THE PROPOSING FIRM FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, WHICH CAPTURES TORQUE DATA D ...

CURRENT STUDIES CONCENTRATE ON GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) AS A SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE DETERMINATION TOOL. TWO GPS ANTENNAS RECEIVING THE SAME SIGNAL CAN COMPARE THEIR RELATIVE PHASES TO DETERMINE THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE TWO ANTENNAS AND THE GPS SATELLITE. BY COMPUTING THE ANGLE TO THREE OR MORE SATELLITES, THE COMPLETE INERTIAL ORIENTATION MAY BE DETERMINED. APPLYING ADVANCES IN GPS INTERFEROMETRY ...

MATERIALS FOR SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED WHICH POSSESS HIGH STIFFNESS TO WEIGHT RATIOS, ALONG WITH CHEMICAL AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY IN SPACE ENVIRONMENTS. B(4)C HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATIOS AND CAN BE FABRICATED INTO DENSE BODIES. OPTIMAL COMPOMENT PERFORMANCE WILL LIKELY REQUIRED AN IMPROVED B(4)C POWDER WHICH IS NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY NOW. A PROPRIETARY HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTOR HA ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF GROWTH OR FUSION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES DIRECTLY ONTO THE OPTICAL FIBER. THIS APPROACH WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATION AND BENEFITS ON FUTURE FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS. TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE, A COMPLETE LITERATURE SEARCH RELATED TO THE TOPIC WILL BE COMPILED. A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON ALL POSSIBLE DESIGNS WILL BE INVESTIGATED ...

ALTHOUGH AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY IS FINDING WIDESPREAD USE IN MANY INDUSTRIES, THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING TOINTRODUCE SUCH TECHNOLOGY IN PRODUCTION FACILITIES. IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS A NEED TO INCREASE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS INCLUDING NEW SENSORS AND MONITORING SYSTEMS, ROBOTIC TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATIONS OF VISION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT EVALUATION AT INTER ...

MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN SIMULATION TEST SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO TEST INTEGRATED SENSOR SYSTEMS THAT COMBINE RF, INFRARED AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS. RF ENVIRONMENT SIMULATORS CAN NOW GENERATE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR COMBAT SCENARIOS. NO EQUIVALENT CAPABILITY EXISTS TO GENERATE LARGE NUMBERS OF IR AND EO TARGET SIGNATURES SO THAT IR AND EO SENSORS CAN BE TESTED IN THESE SAME SCENARI ...

THE GOAL OF THE PHASE II PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE, BATTERY-OPERATED, WEARABLE AIR SUPPLY FOR PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED, IMPLANTED ARTIFICIAL HEARTS. THE ULTRAMIN-IATUREIZED AIR SUPPLY IS DESSIGNED TO BE WORN BY AMBULATORY PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTED, PNEUMATIC TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEARTS OR IMPLANTED, PNEUMATIC LEFT-VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES. THE WEARABLE SUPPLY WILL PERMIT MOBILITY IN THE ...

THE FRANTIC COMPUTER CODE IS THE MOST ADVANCED MODEL FOR ADDRESSING TIME-DEPENDENT RISK EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. IT IS USED BY THE INDUSTRY FOR THE EVALUATION OF UPGRADES AND/OR IMPROVEMENTS IN EXISTING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND BY THE NRC STAFF IN RESPONDING TO THE LICENSEE SUBMITTALS. THE EXISTING METHODOLOGY HAS TWO MAJOR DEFICIENCIES: IT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE BOUNDIN ...

TO ACHIEVE THE PROGRAM GOALS OF ULTIMATELY FABRICATING AND DEMONSTRATING MINIATURIZED BROADBAND, HR/VHF ANTENNAS FOR USE ON AIR FORCE VEHICLES, THE TWO CRITICAL TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM, FORESHORTENING AND BROADBANDING, HAVE BEEN STUDIED, PROTOTYPE CONCEPTS DEVELOPED, AND ENGINEERIN FEASIBILITY ASSESSED IN AN EXTENSIVE PHASE I PROGRAM UNDERTAKEN BY ASTRON. REALIZATION OF THESE CONCEPTSREQU ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL BE TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SCREEN ACCESS MANGER (SAM) UTILITY TO ASSIST VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS IN ACCESSINGDIFFICULT TO USE OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARE FOR THE IBM PC, IBM AT, AND COMPATIBLES. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON DETERMINING A METHODOLOGY (LOGIC) FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCATING THE DIFFERENT NEARLY RANDOM VISUAL SCREEN FORMATS PRESENTED ...