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APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO THE PRODUCTION OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOCYCLOBUTENE WILL ALLOW BULK MANUFACTURE OF THIS POLYMER PRECURSOR BY MORE ECONOMICAL MEANS THAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A PROCESS WOULD ALLOW INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF BCB-BASED POLYMER MATERIALS.

ADAPT AND REFINE, SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, TO PERFORMADDITIONAL AND INTER DEPENDENT TASKS RELATED TO AND PARTLY ALREADY ACHIEVED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON THE MIC300I INTERNAL MODERN. THE DEVICE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOGNISE AND IDENTIFY 'VISUALLY' ALL STANDARD TELEPHONE "LINE STATUS" SOUNDS IN THE 'AREA OF OPERATION'. A VOI ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A TELEROBOTIC CONTROL GLOVE (TCG) FOR THE CONTROL OF ROBOTIC DEXTROUS HANDS. THE GLOVE WILL BE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BOTH THE POSITION OF AND THE FORCES EXERTED BY THE FINGERS OF THE ROBOTIC HAND. FEEDBACK OF BOTH TACTILE AND FORCE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE OPERATOR. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EASILY INTEGRABLE WITH TELEROBOTIC ARM CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE TCG WILL ...

A SMALL, SELF-CONTAINED, WAVEGUIDE ARF LASER WITH MICROWAVE DISCHARGE EXCITATION WILL BE INVESTIGATED. IN THE PHASE I ACTIVITY, EMPHASIS WILL BE UPON IDENTIFICATION IF OPERATING CONDITIONS THAT OPTIMIZE THE LASER EFFICIENCY, EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL AVERAGE POWER CAPABILITY OF A WAVEGUIDE ARF LASER, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURE, INTEGRATED GAS SUPPLY.

CURRENT OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE AIR PLANNING WITH 4TH ATAF (EUROPE) SUFFERS FROM A LACK OF A CENTRALIZED AND COORDINATED AUTOMATED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM. A CAPABILITY IS NEEDED FOR INTEGRATING ALL AVAILABLE AND PERTINENT TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC INFORMATION INTO A COHERENT VISUAL PICTURE, SO DECISION-MAKERS CAN EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THE BATTLE. THIS PICTURE SHOULD DISPLAY ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION NE ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE A DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CONTRACTOR DELIVERABLES AS A TOOL WHICH ASSISTS IN PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SYSTEM MANAGEMENT. THE SYSTEM CONCEPT IS A DERIVATIVE OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY SYNCHRONETICS FOR THE WRDC MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE FOR AN ENGLISH TEXT SEARCH SYSTEM DEMONSTRATED ON SBIR CONTRACT F33615-89-C-5734. THE BASIC CONCEPT IS TO ...