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A major problem in reusability is the creation of components that can be reused in applications other than the application for which they were originally designed. Software reusability has long held out the unrealized promise of increased productivity. It is accepted that within product development, reusing of software components will greatly reduce time and thus save money. It is our belief that ...

The objective of this project is to develop a Genetic Evolution Target (GET) modeling methodology for rapid target model development and validation from limited initial sensory and technical data. Developed methodology will allow for an expansion of the initial signature database and extensive testing of ATR systems over a variety of realistic signatures and situations not seen so far. The metho ...

Eagle Eye will develop a highly reliable, miniature transponder that will permit a user to accurately locate the transponder using a satellite communication system. The transponder will be small enough to fit inside a wristwatch case and it could be worn on a wrist or packaged into an inconspicous place in a sensitive piece of hardware. In the event that a person such as a Special Forces operative ...

A small, personnel, battlefield, fiber optic sensor for detection of heartbeat and respiration rates will be developed. This biosensor offers high sensitivity, simplicity of design, and low costs. The contractor will show the feasibility of a personnel biosensor which has the potential to signal fatigue, dehydration, stress, illness, injury, or sleep disorders which are detectable through low fr ...

It is well known that lasers are used in numerous military and civilian applications. Many laser-based systems, such as laser weapons, rely on beam steering. Advanced mass storage technologies, in particular, depend on scanning laser beams for reading and writing information. There has been a need for a beam-steering device that eliminates the complexity and the sluggishness of present methods and ...

We propose to develop practical video libraries allowing users to quickly find useful material. Commercial, home, or surveillance video programming captures information in multiple tracks: picture, sound, and closed captioning. Using multiple modalities cataloging information, visual information, and audio information is critical since no one track contains necessary information to identify clip ...

This SBIR Phase I effort promises to yield a major adance in document retrival, with direct benefits to government, industry, and education resulting from improved network communication, CD-ROM retrieval, and scientific/technical information transfer within the United States and at the international level. All retrieval technology to date has assumed that the information being sought will be found ...

We demonstrate a auditory and/or visual simulation display for precise manipulation of surgical devices. A computer-generated simulacrum improves surgical outcome and suggests a platform for local semiautonomous teleoperation and enhancement of Battlefield 2000 telesurgery. The concept is analogous to the use of a flight simulator or trainer used to recreate an incident from flight recordings so ...

Sensors exist to detect biological warfare agents and to provide an early warning so that precautionary and countermeasures can be implemented if necessary. Current assay technology is capable of detecting quantities of bacteria, viruses, and toxin molecules to levels as low as 10-12g. Introduction of the collected material into some assay devices requires sample reduction to liquid phase. An a ...

In printed circuit board manufacturing, the patterning technology determines not only the ultimate packaging density, but also the economics of the entire process via throughput and yield. Conventional contact and projection printing methods have various shortcomings such as defect generation, mask life degradation, and image field size limitation. Existing direct writing approaches with a focused ...