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A NEED EXISTS TO MONITOR VIBRATION IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES. IT IS DESIRABLE TO MONITOR MANY POINTS ON THE BRIDGE. THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS THAT SENSORS MUST BE WIRED TO A CENTRAL LOCATION. WIRE IS DIFFICULT TO INSTALL AND TO MOVE. THE SOLUTION IS TO COLLECT SENSOR DATA BY RADIO. A SYSTEM EXISTS THAT ELIMINATES WIRE. IT GATHERS SENSOR DATA TO A CENTRAL LOCATION BY RADIO. THE SYSTEM'S UNIQUE FEATURE IS THA ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN THE EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVE POSTURE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. A KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THESE COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LIES IN THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE INFORMATION INTEGRATION SUPPORTED BY THE SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, THE INDIVIDUAL METHODS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE DEFINITION ...

THE RESEARCH PROPOSED IN THIS DOCUMENT ADDRESSES SOLDER APPLICATION TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND OTHER SUBSTRATES WITH A NEW FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT COULD BE EMPLOYED IN NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS, DIRECTED APPLICATION OF MOLTEN SOLDERDROPLETS, ON THE ORDER OF 30-100MUM, USING INK-JET PRINTING TECHNOLOGY. INK-JET PRINTING SYSTEMS USE THE EJECTION OF TINY DROPS OF INK TO PRODUCE AN IMAGE. THE DEVICES PR ...

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A SIMULATION/FACTORY CONTROL CAPABILITY TO (1) SIMULATE PRODUCTS, PROCESSES, AND FACTORY CONFIGURATIONS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION, (2) PROVIDE FINE GRAINED ANALYSIS OF PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGNS, AND (3) PROVIDE A MODEL DRIVEN FACTORY CONTROL ARCHITECTURE SO THAT THE MODELS EXECUTED IN THE SIMULATION STUDIES CAN BE DIRECTLY US ...

FUEL CELLS OPERATING IN AQUEOUS ELETROLYTES (BELOW 200¿C, DEPENDING ON THE CHOSEN ELECTROLYTE TECHNOLOGY) NORMALLY OPERATE ON HYDROGEN FUEL AND OXYGEN (OR AIR) AS THE OXIDANT. HIGH-PERFORMANCE FUEL CELL ELECTRODES REQUIRE HIGH CATALYST SURFACE AREAS, GOOD ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITIES AND BROAD REACTION ZONES, DEFINED BY THE CONTACT AREA BETWEEN THE CATALYST, THE GAS PHASE REACTANT AND THE ELECTROLYT ...

AT PRESENT GLUCOSE IS COMMERCIALLY REDUCED TO SORBITOL BUT THE OPERATING CONDITIONS USED (HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HYDROGEN GAS PRESSURE) ARE UNDESIRABLE AND DANGEROUS. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IS THE PAIRED ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESISOF SORBITOL AND GLUCONIC ACID IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. HOWEVER, A MAJOR DRAWBACK TO THIS APPROACH AT PRESENT IS THE NEED F ...

MARBLE ASSOCIATES, INC., PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A COMMAND EDITOR TO RUN UNDER NEXTSTEP, MOTIF, AND OPEN WINDOWS. THIS TOOL WILL ALLOW USERS TO CUSTOMIZE THE MENUS AND COMMAND-KEY EQUIVALENTS USED WITHIN APPLICATIONS TO SUIT THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND TO CONSTRUCT PALETTES OF FREQUENTLY USED COMMANDS. IT WILL INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY WITH VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS, ENABLING DEVELOPERS TO ADD THIS F ...

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SEVERAL CONCEPTS ARE PROPOSED FOR LOCOMOTIVE CAB ALERTERS THAT CAN BE RETROFITTED TO ALERTER SYSTEMS ALREADY IN SERVICE. THE CONCEPTS INCLUDE A TOUCH SCREEN, WHICH REQUIRES TOUCHING A TARGET TO RESET THE TIMER OR TO RESPOND TO THE ALERTER LIGHT PROMPT. THE INITIAL LOCATION OF THE TARGET ON THE SCREEN IS AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED AT RANDOM. ANOTHER CONCEPT IS THE USE OF A TELEPHONE KEYPAD WITH LCD, WH ...

THE PROPOSED WORK REPRESENTS A NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED HIGH RESOLUTION DISPLAYS. THE CORE FEATURE OF THIS NEW DISPLAY CENTERS ON CONSTRUCTION OF A REVOLUTIONARY NEW LIGHT VALVE WHICH COMBINES STATE-OF-THE-ART CAPABILITIES IN VLSI AND LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC) TECHNOLOGIES. WITH THIS NEW LIGHT VALVE, IT IS, IN PRINCIPLE, POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT DISPLAYS WHICH WOULD HAVE PIXE ...