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CONVENTIONAL ROCK CORE DRILLING AT GREAT DEPTHS IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING. ITS MAJOR DRAWBACK IS THE REQUIRED LENGTH OF DRILL PIPE. THE SUSPENSION CORE DRILL IS SUPPORTED BY CONTINUOUS FLEXIBLE LEADS HELD ON ONE OR MORE HIGH-SPEED REELS. WITHDRAWALS AND REPLACEMENT TIMES CAN BE REDUCED BY AN ORDER-OF-MAGNITUDE. COMMERCIAL USES INCLUDE STANDARD CORING APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS INTERMI ...

SIDE SCAN SONAR HAS DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NOW AN ACCEPTED PART OF HYDROGRAPHIC CHARTING PROJECTS, AS WELL AS A BROAD RANGE OF OCEAN SEARCH AND SURVEY APPLICATIONS. ONE LIMITATION ON ITS UTILITY, HOWEVER, IS THE REQUIREMENT TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS (5 KNOTS OR LOR LESS) IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE HIGH-QUALITY DATA. ANY INCREASEIN VESSEL SPEED CAPABILITY WOULD RESULT IN G ...

Manning Applied Technology proposes development of the MP-100 handheld FT-infrared photoacoustic chemical agent detector, following a highly successful Phase I effort. Chemical attacks and accidents can be mitigated partially by cost-effective sensors. High priority programs will benefit from a sensor compliant to Joint Warning & Reporting Network (JWARN) standards. The device is ideally suited to ...

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This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project seeks to develop an inexpensive, multi-purpose active noise reduction (ANR) module and associated software evaluation tools with broad commercial application to many occupational environments. This project will develop signal processing algorithms that improve the computational efficiency for ANR. The current Phase II objectives inc ...

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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 ...

THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, PARTICULARLY INTHE FIELD OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY, GIVES BIRTH TO A NEW ERA IN MEDICAL THERAPEUTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS USING PRODUCTS FROM MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE. FOR EFFECTIVE RESEARCH AND CLINICAL USE, THESE PRODUCTS NEED TO BE MANUFACTURED IN LARGE QUANTITIES AND AT A TOLERABLE COST. TODAY PRODUCTION COSTS ARE VERY HIGH. THIS PROPOSAL IS PARTOF AN ...