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This SBIR project will bring about a major advance and improvement to existing meteorological data systems by utilizing new technological opportunities to develop a meteorological workstation merging data and graphics products from multiple independent systems to yield a single display system that permits efficient assimilation of the information by a user. This system would greatly enhance the ab ...

ELECTROLYSIS OF LUNAR OXIDES DISSOLVED IN A MOLTEN ELECTROLYTE IS A PROMISING APPROACH TO PRODUCING OXYGEN ON THE MOON FOR PROPULSION AND SUSTAINING HUMAN LIFE. MOLTEN FLUORIDES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED TO BE ELECTROLYTES IN THE PAST, BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIVELY LOW MELTING POINT AND THEIR HIGH SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY. A PROPERLY SELECTED ALL-OXIDE ELECTROLYTE MAY HAVE SIMILAR BENEFICIAL PROP ...

THE COMPANY HAS DEVELOPED A CONCEPT TO PRODUCE FUNCTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE USING THE HERETOFORE UNSUCCESSFUL "POWDER-IN-TUBE" PROCESS, DYNAMIC COMPACTION OF THE MELT-PROCESS PHASE OF SHS MATERIAL GENERATION, AND HIGH-PRESSURE OPERATION OF THE RESULTING ALIGNED CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE. THE PRE-REACTION SHS POWDERS WILL BE PLACED IN A SILVER TUBE. THESE POWDERS WILL THEN BE IGNITED USING NORMAL SH ...

This project will elaborate a conceptand develop a prototype for a remote wireless multimedia computer input device which can be hand-held or strapped to the wrist. The device will incorporate traditional pointing device functionality as well as a neural network-based speech recognition facility capable of interpreting domain-specific vocabularies germane to command and control operations in space ...

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Adsorption refrigeration using ammoniated complex compounds as the absorbent media can be used for miniature portable blast freezers. This is possible because the technology allows low evaporator temperatures without staging, is scalable to small sizes, and has high reliability because the only moving parts are check valves. Compared to vapor compression or other sorption refrigeration systems, th ...

In turboshaft and turbofan gas turbine engines, anti-icing of the cowl currently uses compressor discharge bleed air. Use of this air decreases the net thrust or shaft horsepower, and increases the fuel consumption. This proposal contains an innovative loop pipe method to eliminate the use of bleed air for anti-icing of the turbine engine inlet. Engine cycle analyses predict an increase in shaft h ...

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This proposal outlines the design and development of a uniflow two stroke Aero-Diesel engine core in response to the NASA SBIR solicitation for a general aviation aircraft propulsion system. The proposed engine will offer increased power density, simplified operation, reduced emissions, noise, and vibration, while enhancing reliability and safety when compared to currently available general aviati ...