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The broader impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to enhance honey bee health and hence crop production through the development of a biological treatment for Varroa destructor mite, the greatest single cause of honey bee decline. All honey bee colonies in the U.S. (greater than2.5 million) are infested with parasitic Varroa destructor mites which cause devasta ...

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to assist industries reduce their downtime for scheduled, preventative maintenance.Industries with high-value assets like manufacturing facilities, engines, satellites, reactors, etc., often incur significant expense due to a lack of usable insights into productivity optimization. The forecasting ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 project is to develop a targeted biological pesticide for the control of pythium pathogens in the hydroponic greenhouse production of leafy greens. Fresh market production of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, and spinach is shifting to hydroponic greenhouse operations because these operations are ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will provide a tool for vascular imaging, an area of medicine with a large clinical need. The developed blood pool contrast agent (BPCA) has the potential to disrupt the current magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) contrast agent market because of its improved safety profile and enhanced imag ...

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to develop a welding technology that will improve the repair, joining, and additive manufacturing of metallic parts and features. First applications include material additions to repair gouges and mis-drilled holes during aircraft production and service, both of which represent significant financi ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project lies in enhancing health outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients. Each year, over 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer, and treatment turns out to be ineffective for approximately 75% of those receiving systemic therapy. This failure is because every tumor is distinct in ma ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop and leverage an innovative hybrid intelligence, i.e., a unique combination of Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with the wisdom of crowds, to help connect and empower both independent designers and small-to-medium-sized retailers/fashion buyers (together with supply chain partners), to help bring the o ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focuses on improved methods for detecting and suppressing sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, a pest species that currently requires relentless, sustained, and costly control efforts at ecosystem scale. The project initiates the development of small, relocatable, field-deployed devices, capable o ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will be to facilitate effective use of tooth remineralization treatments by introducing a new tool that is both highly sensitive to demineralization and robust to confounding factors. If patients are compliant with the generally recommended dental visit schedule of twice a year, it is conceiv ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Phase I project is to develop a novel artificial-intelligence (AI) robot-control paradigm to facilitate real-time tele-robotics and advance humankind’s robotic capability. This AI constantly interprets the intent of the operator in the context of the robot’s environment, and makes real-time adjustments to the motion of the robot to accomplish the ...