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A DIRECT TRANSFORMATION FROM IMAGE COORDINATES TO ROBOT JOINT COORDINATES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR A BINARY VISION SYSTEM FOR SIX DEGREE OF FREEDOM ROBOT CONTROL. A SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHM WILL ENABLE THE SYSTEM TO BE USED AS A TURN-KEY SYSTEM WITH ANY ROBOT WHICH ACCEPTS JOINT COORDINATE INPUT. THE DIRECT TRANSFORMATION FROM IMAGE SPACE TO ROBOT JOINT SPACE WILL BE ACCO ...

CONVENTIONAL FILM PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR USE IN LOW-GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH CONFINING FREE LIQUIDS WHILE PERMITTING THE INTRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT OF ROLL FILMS INTO AND THROUGH THESE LIQUIDS. IN THIS TECHNIQUE, VISCOUS PROCESSING SOLUTIONS ARE EXTRUDED IN THIN LAYERS ONTO THE FILMS EMULSION SURFACE AND RAPIDLY PROCESS THE FILM. ARCHIVA ...

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A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A REAL-TIME CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) DISPLAY WITHOUT THE USE OF SPECIAL GLASSES OR DISPLAY CRT ISPROPOSED. THIS SYSTEM WILL INCORPORATE A PROCESS WHICH MAKES INNOVATIVE USE OF ASPECTS OF VISUAL PERCEPTION AND IS IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT FOR MOTION PICTURES. PHASE I WILL PRODUCE A REAL-TIME DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROCESS ON A COMPUTER-DRIVEN CRT AND MAKE AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE TO SH ...

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COAL TAR IS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE COAL GASIFICATION PROCESS USED WIDELY BETWEEN 1820 AND 1950 TO PRODUCE A NATURAL GAS SUBSTITUTE. DURING THAT TIME, BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF TAR WERE PRODUCED AT MORE THAN 1500 GAS MANUFACTURING FACILITIESLOCATED THROUGHOUT THE U.S. A LARGE PORTION OF THIS WASTE TAR REMAINS IN STORAGE OR WAS DISPOSED OF BY INJECTION INTO SUBSURFACE SITES. COAL TAR IS A MIXTURE OF HYDRO ...

HETERODYNE HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY AND TIME-AVERAGE HOLOGRAPHY WITH A FREQUENCY SHIFTED BEAM HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR USE IN THE MEASUREMENT AND VISUALIZATION OF INTERNAL TRANSONIC FLOWS. A LONG PULSE FLASHLAMP EXCITED DYE LASER HAS BEEN SHOWN TO PRODUCE OVER 50 MILLIJOULES PER PULSE FOR OVER 50 MICROSECONDS TO PRODUCE FRINGES WITH A COHERENCE LENGTH IN THE ORDER OF 30 CM. ALTHOUGH TEMPORAL COHER ...

AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING SOLID FLEXIBLE FILMS FOR THE ELECTRICALMODULATION OF CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER SO THAT A VARIABLE THERMAL SWITCH MIGHT BE DEVELOPED CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING ENERGY FLOW TO OR FROM AN ADVANCED SPACECRAFT COMPONENT.

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP SUPER SENSITIVE ATMOSPHERIC SENSORS USING ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. THESE SENSORS WILL BE VERY SENSITIVE, SMART, CAPABLE OF SELFCALIBRATING, AND CONTAINS REDUNDANCY FEATURES. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE WOULD BE MAKE THEM LESS SENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE, SHOCK AND WILL HAVE LONG LIFE, WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON THE SELECTIVITY.