Award Data

Development and evaluation of Wayfinder, a portable system that integrates Palmtop computers, global positioning systems, and instant messaging technology, to provide intelligent audio and visual cues to facilitate independent rail navigation

The WorkRight Skill Builder, a state-fof-the-art computer-based simulator application designed to provide customized, self-directed social skills training for individuals with intellectual disabilities on community based vocational social skills

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

A new concept of ballistically deployed sensors that form an ad hoc network for uplinking data to the user will meet a critical need for a method of projecting situational awareness into high-risk or inaccessible locations. This new method of obtaining tactical intelligence puts extraordinary demands on the sensors and especially on imaging sensors: The requirements for extreme ruggedness and si ...

A significant challenge in the field of uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), particularly micro air vehicles (MAVs), is that of navigating through a complex environment such as deep in the urban canyon or underneath a forest canopy. Such environments are filled with a variety of hazards, ranging from large buildings and trees to thin cables and potentially other threatening airborne objects. We propos ...

The proposed program will extend the CostVision technology, cost, and capacity software platform to support the needs of low-volume microfabrication. In particular, we will 1) build and demonstrate the feasibility of semiconductor technology-process models for trade-off analysis, 2) develop cost and capacity allocation methods that are flexible and leverage the CAM-I capacity model, 3) integrat ...

Combination of commercially available components with an innovative approach to deliver a portable "talking tags" system for people with visual impairments; improved capacity to identify, sort and retrieve objects

Development of a combination of state-of-the-art, portable, wireless technology, newtwork services and sensory technology to enable outbound and inbound communication with emergency services, such as evacuation or rescue information

The combining of commercially available SMARTPHONE technology with an innovative design to enable single switch and voice-only users to independently send text messages and answer or make phone calls

The DoD has numerous space sensor and communications systems that are baselined for high altitude airships (HAA). These systems require continuous power for maintaining airship position and operating the sensor and communications systems. Because of the on-station time periods of the HAA of up to one year, on board stored fuel is not a feasible option for providing power to the HAA. Therefore, ...