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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

Metal-doped manganese spinel cathode active material will be coated onto aluminum nanowires to improve the high-power performance of lithium-ion batteries. There are significant benefits of this innovation for MDA and other high power battery users: 1. The long thin wires provide four times the surface area to enhance high-power performance of the cathode 2. The aluminum wire provides good elect ...

As active ladar systems become more and more common in missile defense roles, the need for accurate missile signature models increases. Laser radars are currently being pursued for tracking of boosting missiles due to the obvious benefits of clutter rejection and increased precision over passive systems. However, the interaction of laser light with a missile's plume is a complex process that is ...

Single frequency lasers with rapid tuning ability and subsequent active phase noise suppression for sub-1kHz linewidths are key components for coherent laser applications requiring long coherence length local oscillators and Doppler frequency shift compensation. Such applications include airborne and space-borne long-range micro-Doppler imaging and inter-satellite coherent communications. Cohere ...

Defense manufacturing has evolved into the prime-contractor/system-integrator model where engineering designs and manufacturing process developments are distributed across several smaller suppliers. In this environment it is especially difficult to assess or improve the cost of new manufacturing processes and product designs because the information is fragmented and the costing tools are not int ...

On-board processing in satellites and spacecraft has been severely limited by the lack of space-qualified, High-Performance Computing (HPC) hardware. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are becoming the device of choice for ground based high-performance computing, with tens of millions of gates and clock rates of hundreds of MHz. Recently, Xilinx has begun to offer space-qualified versions of ...

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