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Our water air soil farms and forests depend on birds as vital natural resources. Birds consumeinsects pollinate plants disperse seeds and maintain wetlands. Unfortunately transmission linecollisions kill 57 million birds annually in the United States. Installing markers that help birdssee and not hit power lines can decrease bird collisions by more than 70%. Today powerlinemen use bucket trucks an ...

This project aims to develop an automated robotic harvester for cilantro and other specialty cropsthat are harvested in bunches. Currently this is a labor-intensive task that takes up to 50% of totalcosts. Automating this task would mean reducing OPEX for farms by 40%-50% and moreimportantly tackling the huge labor shortage currently affecting the agricultural sector. This willpermit to grow produ ...

HERMES: Humanitarian Emergency Response Messenger of Essential Supplies drone payloadattachmentPI: Anthony C. MulliganSmall business: Hydronalix Green Valley AZMore than 95% of U.S. land area is classified as rural but home to just 19% of the population.Rural communities face geographic and demographic obstacles in responding to and preparing forextreme events such as hurricanes tornadoes and floo ...

Project Summary Title: Crane-less IsoTruss Tower Solutions for More Expansive Rural Broadband Coverage Institution: IsoTruss Inc. Principal Investigator: Dr. David W. Jensen As society further develops technologically reliable broadband connections become an increasingly foundational resource used to access business education healthcare public safety and more. Financial burdens and physical isolat ...

PROJECT SUMMARYIsoTruss Inc.Title: Versatile network access through lightweight and durable IsoTruss mobile cell sitesPI: Jensen David W. Institution: IsoTruss Inc.Versatility is an important feature for rural broadband solutions aiming to close thedigital divide and better support the needs of rural communities. Mobile cell sites or cell-on- wheels (COWs) provide temporary connectivity for a host ...

Per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are chemically and biologically resistant organiccompounds that are persistent bioaccumulative and highly toxic. Owing to their widespreadcontamination of public drinking water supplies on June 21 2022 the US EnvironmentalProtection Agency announced new interim lifetime drinking water health advisories of 0.004nanograms per liter and 0.02 nanograms p ...

In-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) technologies are taking the space industry by storm and will undoubtedly shape the future industry. These ISAM services generally focus around providing mobility for different spacecraft improving lif

The space domain is changing with in-orbit servicing, assembly, and maintenance (ISAM) technologies quickly dominating new spacecraft designs and developments. A future space economy undoubtedly will be based around ISAM services for satellites. As these

The US Space Force (SF) wishes to advance existing dual-purpose interface technology for its modernization priorities in broadly identified segments. A rad-hard SerDes is a “must” technology to have in any electronic system, or a set of systems, in which

The Technical Problem: The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) and the broader Department of Defense (DOD) require operational agility that can only be achieved through the implementation of Software Defined Weapon Systems. In today's modern systems,