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Current methods used for the destruction of CW agents are cumbersome, require extensive capital equipment such as incinerators and water reactors and pose potential environmental problems themselves. A novel approach for the destruction of CW agents involves genetically engineering microorganisms to produce recombinant enzymes that can efficiently degrade CW agents. Such a system would allow the ...

By continuing teaming up with one of the most reputable university teams in THz science and technology, ArkLight proposes to carry out the tasks set for a Phase-II program following our success in Phase I. We are aimed at the further development of novel spectrometers to analyze chemicals in the vapor phase based on accurate measurements of the emission and absorption spectra due to the molecular ...

A tethered rapelling robot system, dubbed SPIDAR, will be built and tested, capable of use in collapsed urban environments for civil-defense and search-and-rescue and reconnaissance applications. The design is based on a modular and payload/marsupial-capable design optimized for use in environments considered for a variety of applications. The project will design, build and test a rugged prototype ...

Explosive devices are the preferred weapon in the majority of terrorist attacks and cause of major injuries to soldiers and civilians. Military medics and future first responders must be educated in the unique blast injury pathophysiology to make decisions in diagnosis, resuscitation, and treatment planning. The objective of this project is to develop high fidelity, multiscale, physiology-based mo ...

Many believe the greatest threat to our troops and homeland security are attacks using biological weapons. Recent developments of biological warfare agents parallel advances in microbiology, viruses and bacteria can be rendered more lethal through genetic engineering, and many toxins can be mass-produced. However, detecting biological agents is difficult and time consuming because there are thousa ...

To provide DARPA with an x-band >8 bits optical true time delay (TTD) module exhibiting

The goal of this project is to produce prototypes of a modular solid state heat pump based on a novel thermoelastic effect. The heat pumps will be tested in a portable, battery powered cooler for a chemical suit, such as those used in environments subjected to bio-chemical attacks. The new thermoelastic heat pump is particularly suited for such an application because it has high power density (s ...

Online Alchemy proposes to extend prior SBIR research with this two-part SBIR Phase II project. Part one, to be funded via this technical proposal, includes three objectives: 1) further development of the patent-pending “Dynemotion™” people engine to incorporate temporal associations, emergent plans, refined motivations and emotions, group-related goals, and performance enhancements, 2) deve ...

There are a growing number of scenarios where remote equipment and vehicles must be operated in environments unsafe for human presence. Ideally the remote vision system should mimic physical presence as much as possible. Steadily, the demand for stereoscopic (3D) viewing increases, in order to preserve depth of field information, and to ‘immerse’ the operator as much as possible in the scen ...

Nanosatellites by their nature have low inertias and hence are prone to high angular rate motions. Many projected nanosatellite missions also need high pointing accuracy. SPEC’s approach to developing a Nanosatellite Sensor System (NSS) is to highly integrate an optimal mix of low-cost, low-power, miniature sized sensors into a package capable of high accuracy and high bandwidth attitude/posit ...