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Boston Engineerings Advanced Systems Group is collaborating with Prof. Holly Yanco at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell to develop a design science for robot-operator interfaces under a DARPA Phase I STTR program. Our program, called Robot Linked User Control and Interface Design (R-LUCID), is aimed at distilling and understanding the components of interaction including robot capability, ...

Wafer-Level Micro-Cameras are needed for a variety of defense and commercial applications.SiGe based micro-camera offer a very low cost alternative for developing visible-near IR sensors that will not require any cooling and can operate in the 0.3-1.7 micron band. The attractive features of SiGe based micro-camera will take advantage of 12-inch silicon based technology that can promise very small ...

The purpose of this topic is to develop a pump that can pump two-phase, liquid and vapor mixtures of common refrigerants and heat transfer fluids, without oil lubrication. The challenges of pumping in this regime are well known: Two-phase, liquid-vapor refrigerant mixtures are a mixture of saturated liquid and saturated vapor, by definition meaning that there is zero net positive suction head. Ma ...

SSCI proposes a retooling of the Intelligent Course of Action Learning System (iCOALS) that leverages the important results from the Phase I effort and remedies the deficiencies of a rule-based approach when applied to complex Pursuit Evasion Games (PEGs). This modification is critical given the utility of the proposed approach to DARPA's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned ...

Gen9 is developing a DNA synthesis platform that aims to produce synthetic DNA products at an industry leading length, price point and turnaround time. In this proposal we outline our plans to meet the requirements of the solicitation: $0.05per base pair, 7 day order turnaround time and perfect sequences up to 20 kbp. Currently our technology allows our product to approach those requirements. Furt ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) will leverage its 3-D Direct Write printing capability in the manufacture of portable, low-cost electroencephalography (EEG) devices. SI2's brain recording systems can be integrated with soldiers'ballistic helmets (e.g., the Advanced Combat Helmet) or inexpensive plastic headgear (for patient triaging and training/educational purposes). SI2 will print novel ...

In this proposal we outline a binary-level compilation technology and related toolkit to transform an embedded system's firmware to contain automated intrinsic support for both the detection of exploits as well as the patching of the firmware exploited. The toolkit called REDA (Resilience in Embedded devices through Dynamic Allocation) relies on post-compilation analyses and transformations ...

Chronic neuropathic pain management persists as one of the most significant medical challenges faced within the military. Current approaches to management of chronic pain, especially the use of opiates, are fraught with drawbacks and risks to military patients and cannot be deployed easily in the military theatre; therefore, new technologies that simplify treatment protocols and improve outcomes ...

Incorporating hypervisor-based software virtualization into spacecraft architectures offers the capability to integrate payload software in a plug-and-play fashion, enabling more flexible and reconfigurable platforms. The hypervisor allows the payload software to be implemented in an abstracted, virtualized environment, which isolates the payload software from core spacecraft functions and offers ...

The effective functioning of embedded networked devices is critical to the US's national security. A successful malicious attack on these systems could cause widespread damage and possibly deaths. Unfortunately, most existing embedded systems are largely unprotected and vulnerable to attack. A method is needed to detect novel, unforeseen vulnerabilities in an embedded device and patch them wi ...