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HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
SBC: Adaptive Solutions Inc. Topic: N/AWE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) ON A VLSI NEUROCOMPUTER. THE OCR SYSTEM WILL USE STATE OF THE ART ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFIERS ONADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS' CNAPS NEUROCOMPUTER CHIPS. THE CNAPS CHIPS OFFERUNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS. THE IMAGE PREPROCESSING OF THE OCR SYSTEM WILL ALSO EXECUTE ON THE CNAPS CHIPS. THE GOAL ...
SBIR Phase II 1994 Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency -
MOLECULAR DETECTION OF GRAPEVINE LEAFROLL ASSOCIATED VIRUSES
SBC: Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc. Topic: N/AN/A
SBIR Phase I 1994 Department of Agriculture -
HIGH BANDWIDTH, LOW INSERTION LOSS, LINEAR WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR
SBC: Apeldyn Corp. Topic: N/AAN EXTERNAL GUIDED WAVE OPTICAL MODULATOR WHICH PROVIDES THE COMBINATION OF HIGH BANDWIDTH, LOW INSERTION LOSS, AND LINEARITY IS BEING DEVELOPED. RESEARCHERS ARE DESIGNING, FABRICATING, AND TESTING A NOVEL MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR. IT OPERATES AT AN OPTICAL WAVELENGTH OF 1300 NM, AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES IN EXCESS OF 40 GHZ, WITH AN INSERTION LOSS OF LESS THAN 3DB, A SIG ...
SBIR Phase I 1994 National Science Foundation -
COMPOSITE PLASMA-POLYMER MEMBRANES
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/ATHE POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR SEPARATIONS ARE WELL KNOWN. HOWEVER, CURRENT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS HAVE CAPTURED ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE POTENTIAL MARKET, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE FROM POLYMERS THAT ARE NOT DURABLE ENOUGH FOR MANY APPLICATIONS, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SELECTIVITY FOR CLEAN SEPARATIONS. PLASMA-POLYMER MEMBRANES OFFER A SOLUTION TO BOTH PROBLEMS. TH ...
SBIR Phase II 1994 Department of Energy -
A NOVEL PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF NITROGEN FROM NITROGEN-CONTAININGNATURAL GAS: DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-BASED ABSORBENTS
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/ADOMESTIC NATURAL GAS PROVIDES AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PORTION OF THE U.S. ENERGY SUPPLY. ESTIMATED U.S. GAS RESERVES ARE ABOUT 1000 TRILLON STANDARD CUBIN FEET (SCF)--OR ABOUT 1000 QUADS. FULLY 25% OF THE ESTIMATED U.S. NATURAL GAS RESERVES ARE CONTAMINATED WITH NITROGEN (N2) TO THE EXTENT THAT THE GAS CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT PROCESSING TO REDUCE THE N2 CONCENTRATION. NO TECHNOLOGY EXISTS TODAY F ...
SBIR Phase II 1994 Department of Energy -
Novel Absorbent for Efficient Enantiomer Separation
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/AChiral drugs, when administered in enathiomerically pure form, offer significant clinicaladvantages over their racemic counterparts. However, available methods for chiral resolution of racemiccompounds, such as diasteriomeric derivatization and chiral chromatography, have drawbacks, includinghigh cost, difficulty with scale-up and lack of applicability for many chiral compounds. This project isdir ...
SBIR Phase I 1994 Department of Health and Human Services -
Novel Oriented Bacteriorhodopsin Films for Optical Applications
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/AThe Air Force seeks new biological materials for aerospace and commercial applications. Such biological materials should have characteristics that lead to multiple applications or multifunctionality. We propose to use the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (BR) in a highly ordered structural form to meet the above needs. Bacteriorhodopsin has unique optical functionality that is impossible to achi ...
SBIR Phase I 1994 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Barrier Polymers for High-Selectivity, Reverse-Osmosis Membranes
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/AA new class of RO membrane is proposed that would exhibit unprecedented selectivity against organic compounds. Such membranes would be useful in water-recycle applications in space, as they would lead to exceedingly high water purity. As envisioned, the membranes would behave as "barriers" to organic molecules but still would allow water to pass. Two key innovations are required. The first is the ...
SBIR Phase I 1994 National Aeronautics and Space Administration -
HIGH-PERFORMANCE MEMBRANES FOR GAS, VAPOR, AND LIQUID SEPARATIONS
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/ASEPARATION PROCESSES TO RECOVER AND PURIFY PRODUCTS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 40% OF THE ENERGY DEMAND IN THE CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY (CPI), BUT MEMBRANE PROCESSES HAVE GAINED ONLY A SMALL SHARE OF THIS MAJOR MARKET. CONVENTIONAL MEMBRANES HAVE HAD LIMITATIONS THAT HAVE PRECLUDE THEIR WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE IN THE CPI AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS. SPECIFICALLY, MEMBRANES EITHER COULD NOT WITHSTAN ...
SBIR Phase I 1994 Department of Energy -
NEW PROCESS FOR HOLLOW-FIBER PLASMA-POLYMER MEMBRANES
SBC: BEND RESEARCH, INC. Topic: N/AMEMBRANE SEPARATIONS ARE ATTRACTIVE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESSES FOR NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL PROCESSING AND WASTE TREATMENT. CONVENTIONAL MEMBRANE POLYMERS, HOWEVER, ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY SELECTIVE OR RESISTANT TO ORGANIC SOLVENTS TO BE USEFUL IN MANY APPLICATIONS. MEMBRANES MADE FROM PLASMA POLYMERS OFFER POTENTIALLY GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTH SELECTIVITY AND RESISTANCE TO SOLVENTS. PL ...
SBIR Phase I 1994 National Science Foundation