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The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to provide an affordable mobile digital pathology solution to pathologists in order to facilitate their clinical practices in disease diagnosis, peer consultations, tumor board preparations, research and education. The low-cost smartphone based portable pathology slide scanner is a compleme ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase-I project is in the development of low cost, environmentally-friendly coating materials for corrosion prevention. Corrosion is a significant global issue, resulting in high maintenance and repair costs. Current anti-corrosion coatings need an improvement in effective barrier against water or moisture. A ...

Project Summary Abstract This proposal presents Phase of the plan of Mercury Biomed LLC for commercializing the new and innovative WarmSmart technology to more effectively keep patients warm during anesthetized surgery The WarmSmart technology is based on IP licensed from the University of Texas at Austin who is the academic partner for this STTR proposal WarmSmart embodies several breakthr ...

Evolution of an Adaptable Prosthetic Foot Design for Normalization of Biomechanics During Community Participation Summary Abstract The vision of this project is to improve the functional physical mobility of people with lower extremity amputations so that they can more fully and confidently participate in a wider range of activities This will enhance their personal satisfaction thereby improving ...

Compatibility Between Brain Computer Interface and High Efficiency Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems ABSTRACT Brain computer interfaces BCI can now enable text production for people who cannot move yet they provide only the simplest communication interfaces and have not been widely adopted Current augmentative and alternative communication AAC systems are widely adopted and ...

Project Summary Atrophic dry age related macular degeneration AMD is the leading cause of severe loss of vision for those over age Dietary supplements containing lutein and zeaxanthin are recommended by the NEI for those at risk of late AMD There has been a corresponding growth in demand for these two xanthophylls Lutein and zeaxanthin are currently sourced from marigolds grown mostl ...

Floreo Technology proposes to develop the Police Safety Module PSM an innovative immersive mobile virtual reality VR application designed to train police safety in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder ASD ASD has been increasing in prevalence over recent years While much attention has been paid to the causes and early diagnosis of ASD there remains a clear need for effec ...

The broader impact and commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer and Research (STTR) project is a method to control invasive or otherwise unwanted trees and shrubs in an ecologically friendly manner with a biodegradable product. This will reduce the quantity of synthetic herbicides and/or synthetic herbicide adjuvants currently applied to control woody plants. This is especia ...

Space platforms are complex dynamical systems and there are many reasons to model them from ground telescope imagery as well as from space-based sensor platforms. One key motivation is to determine the operational state and configuration of the vehicle. Key questions such as did the solar panels fail to deploy, did the object begin to tumble unexpectedly may be addressed by a sufficiently detaile ...

The automotive and aerospace industries use topology optimization to minimize structural weight while satisfying functional constraints. However, the industry-standard fictitious material or density approach has been less effective when applied to physics beyond simple structural mechanics. Known issues include: failed numerical convergence or so-called gray material in computed optimal designs, n ...