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This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims at developing video mining techniques for automatically generating statistics about in-store shopping behavior to help retail enterprises. These statistics can provide valuable insights for supporting critical decisions in store layout design, merchandising, marketing, and customer service. Further, since it is automated, video m ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project focuses on the development of a wireless, disposable sensor that can instantaneously evaluate the quality of packaged food such as milk, meat, etc. The sensor, consisting of a planar inductor-capacitor resonance circuit printed on a thin flexible substrate such as plastic or paper, will be attached to the food package with the capacitor facin ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project focuses on the development of a low cost, versatile diagnostic system capable of simultaneously performing a thromboelastograph (TEG) analysis and measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) for the detection of hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, temporal arteritis, various types of cancer, and anemia. The prop ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop an innovative modular oxygen enrichment system. It is accepted that the reduction of cycle time can lead to a concurrent decrease in the mass of a sorptive separation system. However, ultra-rapid-cycle systems invariably create mechanical and physical challenges. Specifically, limiting factors are the operational lifetime ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project investigates the feasibility of modifying three laboratory instruments for the dynamic analysis of ultra-rapid cycle (URC) sorptive processes. Current approaches have functional and/or software characteristics that limit their performance in dynamic examinations of supra-millisecond duration URC periods. This project will address these limita ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)Phase II project advances Syandus's interactive learning platform by integrating multiplayer game technology. Syandus's current interactive delivery platform allows pharmaceutical firms and content experts to communicate complex concepts to physicians and patients through interactive presentations, discussion groups or self-directed learning. The addit ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a high-pressure abrasive slurry jet cutting tool for almost all materials. The key aspect of this innovation is the elimination of nozzle grit erosion by fluid dynamic means. Past attempts to use abrasive slurry cutting tools have been troubled by unacceptable wear of the nozzles by the abrasive, and the associated loss o ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project will develop a novel DNA-conjugated marker (drag-label) in genetic fragment size analysis using free solution electrophoresis. This method uses no sieving matrix, so the separation occurs in a fundamentally different manner than using an entangled polymer solution as a sieving matrix and offers the advantage of faster separati ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project focuses on the development of an innovative diffusion barrier for the preparation of Pd thin film on tubular porous stainless steel substrate. A thin Pd film supported on tubular porous SS substrate provides a commercially viable avenue for the use of palladium membranes for hydrogen production/recovery, particularly for large-scale applicat ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the development of an advanced Thermal Chemical Reactor (ATCR) for the Manufacture of Complex Nanopowders.The ATCR being developed represents a major departure and advancement in manufacturing technology for producing complex metal oxide nanopowders. The ATCR is unique in that it is a high temperature, convectively heated, turbulen ...