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ASTECH PROPOSES COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR A TACHISTOSCOPE, CONSISTING OF A GENISCO GCT-3000 DISPLAY AND A PDP-11/34A PROCESSOR, FOR RESEARCH IN VISUAL PSYCHOPHYSICS AND PHYSIOLOGY. IN ADDITION TO CONTROLLING AND ADMINISTERING TESTS, THE SOFTWARE WILL FEATURE INNOVATIVE SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING GRAPHIC DISPLAYS OF IMAGES OF A RIGOROUSLY DEFINED SPATIAL SCENE, WHERE: (1) IMAGES ARE FORMED ON A CRT DEFINED ...

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I EFFORT IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AN ON-BOARD FLOW-FIELD PASSIVE RANGING SYSTEM FOR USE IN TACTICAL MISSILE GUIDANCE. THE BASIC TECHNIQUE PROPOSED FOR STUDY USES THE FLOW-FIELD INFORMATION IMPLICIT IN ALL PASSIVELY-IMAGED DYNAMIC SCENES, TO DEVELOP EVOLVING AND AUTONOMOUS ESTIMATES OF MISSILE IMPACT TIMES TO ALL TERRAIN POINTS IN THE SEEKER FI ...

DESCRIPTIONS OF TESTS USED TO MEASURE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF VISION ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE LITERATURE OF FIELDS SUCH AS MEDICINE, PHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING, OPTICS AND OTHERS. WITH STEADY ADVANCES IN THE COMPLEXITY OF MILITARY SYSTEMS (NOTABLY AIRCRAFT), THE NEED FOR A READILY ACCESSIBLE AND THOROUGH SOURCE OF MATERIAL ON VISION TESTS BECOMES IMPERATIVE. DCS PROPOSES TO C ...

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DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. PROPOSES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND TEST A PROTOTYPE CAUSAL SCHEMA EXPERT SYSTEM DECISION AID FOR TACTICAL PLANNING AND OPTION-GENERATION. THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON WEAPON TARGET PLANNING OPTIONS, A PROBLEM DOMAIN WHERE A NUMBER OF SMART DECISION AIDS ARE AVAILABLE. NONE OF THE AIDS FOCUSES DIRECTLY ON THE EXPERT'S CAUSAL SCHEMA. THIS PROPOSAL ENVISIONS AN EXPERT SYSTEM COMPRIS ...

AT PRESENT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE AXIAL LOAD IN A BOLTED CONNECTION. TORQUE MEASUREMENTS ARE UNRELIABLLE DUE TO VARIABLE FRICTION COEFFICIENTS AND OTHER MORE ACCURATE METHODS SUCH AS HYDRAULIC TENSIONERS, ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS, STRAIN GAUGES, AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION ARE OFTEN IMPRATICAL IN THE FIELD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT BOLT AXIAL STRESSES, AND THEREFORE L ...

CONTACT-LESS, PORTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR COMPRISING AN ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITOR, A PULSED FIELD COIL, AND PULSE CONTROL CIRCUITRY, TO STIMULATE CARDIAC MUSCLE BY INDUCED VOLTAGE PULSE, INSTEAD OF APPLICATION OF ELECTRODES TO SKIN. INDUCTION COIL WORKS THROUGH CLOTHING, CAN BE APPLIED BY INEXPERIENCED PERSONNEL, AND REDUCES TIME DELAY, PAIN, RISK OF BURNS, TISSUE DAMAGE, OR CARDIAC ARREST. IT MAY ALSO ...

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