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MICROWAVE LANDING SYSTEM WILL INCREASE THE SAFETY OF TERMINAL AREA NAVIGATION, AND THE EFFICIENCY OF AIRSPACE UTILIZATION AT CONGESTED AIRPORTS WITH THE USE OF NAVIGATIONSYSTEMS BLENDING MLS POSITION INFORMATION WITH THAT PROVIDED BY ON-BOARD SENSORS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THISSTUDY IS TO DEVELOP LOW COST MLS BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR USE ON GENERAL AVIATION, COMMUTER, AND SHORT-HAUL TRANSPORT AIR CR ...

FIBER MATERIALS, INC. (FMI) PROPOSES SENSORS WHICH CAN BE EMBEDDED IN PAVEMENT TO MEASURE STRESS AND STRAIN FROM TRUCKS PASSING OVER AT SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE SIMPLE, DURABLE SENSORS WILL BE MADE FROM PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES WHICH ACT AS PASSIVE SENSORS AND DEVELOP A CHARGE PROPORTIONAL TO THE APPLIED PRESSURE. THE CHARGE IS CONVERTED TO A VOLTAGE WHICH IS RECORDED ON NEARBY EQUIPMENT. THE PH ...

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AN IMPORTANT NEED EXISTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY FOR A RELIABLE, UNOBTRUSIVE DEVICE TO WARN VEHICLE OPERATORS OF REDUCED ALERTNESS. RESEARCHERS SUGGEST THAT 35-50% OF ALL HIGHWAY FATALITIES ARE CAUSED BY MEASURABLE LEVELS OF REDUCED DRIVER ALERTNESS. UNFORTUNATELY TECHNIQUES PRESENTLY USED TO MEASURE DRIVER ALERTNESS ARE IMPRACTICAL FOR WIDESPREAD USE. STUDIES DO AGREE THAT THE AUTONOMIC, S ...

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SSDD RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MICROCOMPUTER CONTROLLED SYSTEM INCORPORATING NOVEL AND UN UNIQUE MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, THAT WILL ALERT THE DRIVER OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR LARGE OBJECT IN THE FORWARD PATH OF THE DIRVER'S VEHICLE POSES A COLLISION THREAT. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THS SUCCESSSFUL MARKETING OF THIS DEVICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE DEVICE ...

IN MANY TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CHEMICALS INVOLVED WHETHER THE CHEMICALS ARE RELEASED OR NOTEVEN WHEN APPROPRIATE PAPERS OF HELP FROM THE SHIPPERS ARE AVAILABLE, PRECIOUS TIME IS LOST BEFORE PROPER IDENTI- IFICATION CAN BE MADE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK ISTO DEVELOP A MICROPROCESSOR BASED CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATI ...

THIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF UF USING EXPERT SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT (RATHER THAN REPLACE) HUMAN DECISION MAKERS. WE INTEND TO SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF USING EXPERT SUPPORT SYSTEMS (ESS) FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.THIS RESEARCH WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE INTELLIGENT MAN/ MACHINE INTERFACES FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND WILL SHOW THEFEASIBILITY OF USING ESS FOR REMOTE MONITORING ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF USING AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO AID THE PILOT OF GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT. THE NEED INCREASINGLY EXISTS ON SMALLER AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION AND PROCEDURAL ASSISTANCE. ISSUES OF HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING ARE INCLUDEDIN THIS PROJECT INCLUDING COLOR CODING, ALERTS, ETS. THE SINGLE PILOT OFTEN NEEDS MORE HELP THAN TWO-AND T ...