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Under this Phase II SBIR IST will extend research conducted in Phase I to demonstrate several viable configurations for UV non-line-of-sight (UV NLOS) communication. Under Phase I, IST performed a survey of literature and an investigation of off-the-shelf and emerging technology. IST also worked to optimize its Plasma-shell technology as a key UVC light emitting component of the transceiver. ...

Think-A-Moves (TAMs) proposed solution, with its purely hands-free system, will allow Medics to call up critical applications and data they need, display them using heads-up display (HUD) goggles, and enter information, all through the use of speech. TAMs speech recognition software will be run natively on an Android OS device, such as a tablet computer or smart phone. TAM will develop a connectiv ...

In an effort to support the development of a domestic marine aquaculture industry, Zeigler Bros. Inc., (ZBI) proposes to continue its Phase I research by demonstrating the ability to scale up inclusion particle (IP) manufacturing. During Phase II ZBI will also demonstrate the efficacy of IOs for orally delivering phytase and probiotics to marine finfish. These efforts will directly address the p ...

Aluminum nanopowders (nano-Al) possess surface areas on the order of 20-40 m2/g and have attracted interest throughout the energetics community for propellant and metallization applications. Aluminum has an energy density (-31.05 kJ/g) nearly three times higher than most molecular high explosives and its combustion yields a highly exothermic release of energy (?'Hf (Al2O3) = -1676.8 kJ/mol).U ...

Our long-term objective is to create a new class of electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) having electrical performance like aluminum electrolytic capacitors but with smaller size and higher reliability. Restated, we intend to create a smaller and more reliability replacement component that can be broadly used in existing electrolytic capacitor applications. Further, this replacement capacit ...

Powdermet perceives the Phase I program as a success on the basis of achieving state-of-the-art properties in polymer thin film materials and observation of key phenomenon that will enable even greater gains in the state of the art. The microstructure of the thin films reveal both continued porosity and agglomeration of the nanoparticles, issues that if resolved in the Phase II program will enabl ...

The contractor shall design and implement a context independent anomaly detection (CIAD) application to provide enhanced situational awareness using intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors. The CIAD will provide an automated mechanism for analyzing vast amounts of data generated by today's ISR systems for the purposes of isolating anomalies that identify threats. Asymme ...

Voci Technologies Incorporated (Voci) is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop and demonstrate a prototype Automated Spoken Language Recognition System (ASLRS). The ASLRS is specifically designed to enhance the usability of Speech to Speech (S2S) Machine Foreign Language Translation (MFLT) systems for the warfighter. The proposed ASLRS will leverage the Teams existing langua ...

The widespread use of serious games for military training has been accompanied by a growing concern that too little attention is paid to the underlying instructional design or pedagogical theory. Even in objective-driven game design, serious games with cognitive learning objectives can lack effective, customized feedback. Tutoring systems, such as AutoTutor, create opportunities for learners to ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will develop a thermoelectric generator (TEG) that will improve the overall efficiency of 100-kW class generator sets (gensets) by 5-10%. Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) proposes a novel heat-pipe embedded thermoelectric generator to convert exhaust heat directly into useful electrical energy. The proposed concept improves upon curre ...