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An interactive application that employs social interactions to teach key social conventions, including appropriate responses, reacting to body language and facial expressions, and the ability to ask for help to facilitate functioning in society

This project addresses two vital problems for long-term space travel activities: radiation shielding and hydrogen storage for power and propulsion. While both problems have been studied for many years, there is currently no satisfactory technology for providing adequate non-parasitic shielding. Even in low-Earth orbit, astronauts must be closely monitored for radiation exposure, and some mission ...

Air-Lock will deliver a final report based on the follwoing: 1. Historical summary of bearing design evolution throughout the life of the EMU Program 2. Material research to identify lightweight materials best suited for each beairng. 3. Redesign of current EMU bearings to lower bearing profile and mass.

The proposed innovation is a passive, self-regulating, gravity-independent Advanced Product Water Removal and management (APWR) system for incorporation into Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) primary fuel cell power plants. Passive water removal is incorporated into each cell of the power plant stack. Only pressure differential is required to manage within the cell and to remove and discharge li ...

Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) proposes to develop a nation-wide informal technology education program that integrates math, science, engineering and technology (STEM) through its Think Tek Learning Lab. The goal of the Lab is three-pronged: providing an after-school enrichment program for teens; arousing interest in math and science; and achieving outreach for NASA commercial technologies. ...

It is proposed to develop a high efficiency solar furnace core that greatly lessens the heat losses from the furnace core, either greatly reducing the amount of solar radiation needed to reach a specified temperature, or greatly increasing the temperature it can achieve. Specific program goals include: 1) Specification of the techniques to be used for generating the appropriate vacuum in the furna ...

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NDT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HAS RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF A SIMPLE, LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH-EFFICIENCY POWER CONDITIONING MODULE. THE MODULE IS VERY VERSATILE AND CAN BE USED AS A BUILDING BLOCK FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS SUCH AS: FOUR-QUADRANT BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-AC INVERSION, LINE VOLTAGE REGULATION, UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES, ACTIVE POWER FILTERING, DC ISOLATION, POWER FACTORCOMP ...

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