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CURRENT TESTING OF MILLIMETER WAVE SEEKERS AND DATA ACQUISTION INVOLVE EXTENSIVE FLIGHT TESTING WITH VIDEO AND MAGNETIC TAPE USED TO RECORD DATA. A VIDEO DISPLAY WITH BORESIGHTED CROSSHAIR IS USED FOR OPERATOR DISPLAY. THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PROVIDE A REAL TIME READOUT OF CALIBRATED BACKGROUND OR TARGET CROSS SECTION ON THE VIDEO DISPLAY TO ENABLE BETTER USE OF FLIGHT TIME. THE READOUT WOULD ALSO BE ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF A NOVEL ROBOTIC INTERFACE THAT PROVIDES RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF DEVICES DURING MISSIONS IN SPACE. THE ROBOTIC INTERFACE COMPUTES VERNIER POSITION COMMANDS IN TILT, DISPLACEMENT, RANGE AND ROATATION FROM LOW RESOLUTION VISION INPUTS. WHILE WORKING WITH A TELEOPERATION SYSTEM TO GUIDE IT TO THE PROXIMITY OF ITS TARGE ...

OVERFISHING HAS DEPLETED NATURAL STOCKS OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS USED TO PRODUCE PROCESSED CLAM MEAT. PRESENTLY LARGE CLAMS ARE SHUCKED, EVISCERATED AND REMAINING MEATS EITHER MINCED OR SLICED INTO STRIPS. IF THE WHOLE MEATS OF JUVENILECLAMS COULD BE USED TO MAKE THESE PRODUCTS, THESE COULD BE CULTIVATED IN MASS PRODUCTION IN A FEW WEEKS AND PROCESSED INTO VERY INEXPENSIVE PRODUCTS. RESEARCH IS PROPOSE ...

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METHOD OF PRODUCING INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEODISCS FORTRAINING OF FIRST AND SECOND YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS WHICH WILL DUPLICATE THE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PRESENT OBSTACLE TO EXTENSIVE AND EARLY USE OF INTERACTIVE VIDEODISCS FOR MEDICAL TRAINING IS THE EXTRAORDINARY COSTS BEYOND THAT OF NORMAL AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION. THIS PROJECT WILL ANALYZE EACH AREA OF VIDEODISC PRODUCTI ...

OFFER UNIQUE ADVANTAGES SUCH AS EFFICIENT HEAVY MASS TRANSMISSION, HIGH SENSITIVITY, RAPID TIME RESPONSE AND LOW COST. DESPITE THESE ADVANTAGES, A LIMITED MASS RESOLUTION IN ROUTINE OPERATION HAS PREVENTED THE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER(TOFMS) FROM COMPETING COMMERCIALLY, AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGICALLY, WITH OTHER MORE POPULAR TYPES OF MASS SPECTROMETERS. A RELIABLE, LOW COST HIGH RESOLUTION TOF ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I STUDY IS TO CONDUCT A MILLIMETER- WAVE (MMW) SYSTEM SURVEY (INCLUDING STACOM, RADAR, SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS, RADIOMETER, SEEKER, DESIGNATOR, SPACE COMM, AND ECM SYSTEMS) TO IDENTIFY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES/ COMPONENTS REQUIREMENTS, CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS. KEY MMW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PHASED/ ADAPTIVE ARRAY, ACTIVE ARRAY, FAST-HOPPING FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZ ...

LACK OF VISION IS A MAIN DEFICIENCY IN PRESENT USES OF ROBOTS. ALMOST ALL ROBOT VISION SYSTEMS IN USE ARE MODELED AFTER HUMAN EYES; HOWEVER VISION SYSTEM IS TOO COMPLEX TO IMITATE BY PRESENT TECHNOLOGY. THIS PROJECT EXPLORES THE FEASIBILITY OF MODELING A ROBOT VISION SYSTEM ON THE COMPOUND EYE OF INSECTS. INSECT VISION IS FUNDEMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM HUMAN VISION IN THAT IS GOVERNED BY MULTIAPERAT ...

GROWTH OF SOPHISTICATED MILLIMETER-WAVE (MMW) SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SATCOM) IS DRIVING DESIGN OF SATELLITE GROUND TERMINALS TOWARD HIGHER FREQUENCY, LOWER COST, HIGHERRELIABILITY, REMOTE OPERATION, FEWER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES,AND FREEDOM FROM EMI/EMP. THE MMW SATCOM SYSTEMS REQUIRE A WIDE IF BANDWIDTH, EITHER TO ACCOMODATE HIGH DATA RATES OR TO PROVIDE FOR JAM-RESISTANCE THROUGH USE OF WIDEBA ...