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This innovation proposes the use of a thin film stratospheric balloon to lift a launch vehicle with a payload to an altitude above most of the Earth's atmosphere, then ignite the launch vehicle rocket motor. It will have the capability to carry the payload to its final destination, either into Earth orbit or to the mission design goal. This launch system will eliminate the first stage rocket thr ...

In this project we will adapt our programmable neural network processor (NNP) into a Fuzzy/neural network processor (FNNP). Already having the commercially successful NNP, we begin this program with more than half the work completed. we will define and evaluate NNP architectural modifications to optimize both data flow and data processing for both fuzzy logic and neural network- Operations- we w ...

RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING AN INNOVATIVE NEW APPROACH TO LABORATORY TRAINING IN HEALTH PHYSICS, I.E., THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER SIMULATOR THAT CAN BE USED IN PLACE OF ACTUAL RADIATION SOURCES IN LABORATORY TRAINING. SUCH A SIMULATOR RESULTS IN MUCH LOWER COST OF TRAINING, PROVIDES FOR A WIDER VARIETY OF TRAINING SITUATIONS, AND ELIMINATES THE SAFETY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTUAL RADIATION SOU ...

The advanced technology described in this proposal promises to increase the performance of laboratory and, specifically, tabletop x-ray lasers by up to an order of magnitude. Such gains in performance coupled with compact technology will lead to the introduction of the world s first table-top, commercial x-ray laser. Tetra proposes to develop an advanced driver for the laboratory laser based upo ...

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A quality simulation which allows a user to simulate the acoustic emissions in a multi-source environment and then study the effects these conditions have on a set of acoustic sensors would be of great value. As acoustic sensors technology continues to advance with robust algorithms for detection, tracking and identification as well as high performance hardware providing real-time operation, thes ...

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This proposal addresses an approach to millimeter wave imaging called encoded image detection (EID). The concept offers a means of achieving a low cost, all weather seeker for smart munition and submunitions. Its low cost potential makes adaptation of the imager also attractive for a variety of other military applications such as search and rescue, surveillance, and security. Most current devel ...

THE PROBLEMS OF ATTENUATING DUCTED NOISE AND DISTRIBUTED NOISE ARE ADDRESSED USING ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION TECHNIQUES. FOR DUCTED NOISE, A COMBINATION OF COMMERCIAL ANC EQUIPMENT WITH LOW PRESSURE DROP MUFFLERS IN AN SVS PROPRIETARY CONFIGURATION WILL BE EXAMINED. COST AND PERFORMANCE TRADES BETWEEN THE ACTIVE CONFIGURATION AND PASSIVE MUFFLERS WILL BE MADE AND AN EXPERIMENT WILL BE DESIGNED FOR ...

The development of a portable, easy to use instrument for the direct measurement of the alpha activity weighted particle size distributions in indoor environments composed primarily of radon decay progeny is proposed. Our methods for achieving this are based on the use of wire screen collectors and low cost alpha particle detectors to completely characterize the size distribution of the radio-aero ...