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Ongoing logistical repair, maintenance, and resupply of space platforms will become a costly and potentially dangerous activity in the post Space Station era. This is primarily driven by the need for more frequent missions, and as the number of missions increases, so does the cumulative probably of failure in the launch, docking, and return phases of the mission. The best defense will be to make s ...

Currently, no method exists for continuously, noninvasively monitoring flow in the vascular and other biofluidic systems. To facilitate the study of short- and long-term effects of gravity on biofluidic systems, ISSYS proposes to develop an innovative technology for direct, chronic measurement of flow in the vascular system. The proposed effort will ultimately develop a stent-based, telemetric, im ...

Many biological systems depend on fluid flow and pressure to achieve their intended functions. Tools are needed that allow noninvasive, real-time collection of pressure and flow-related data to study the impact of different environments and gravity ranges on biofluidic systems. To meet this need, ISSYS proposes to develop an innovative implantable, biotelemetric, batteryless pressure monitoring sy ...

The innovation proposed is a platform for wireless communication based on magnetic telemetry that enables implantable micro instruments without batteries to acquire instructions, sense physical and chemical parameters, perform basic signal processing and on-site conditioning, and communicate information over 15cm. The platform, including electronics hardware and a protocol for a wide range of sens ...

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)The Phase I research has positive value for NASA?s SATS mission as well as for the creation of near-term GA commercial product opportunities (2005). While researching the Phase I CCT transfer process a modular cabin and interior design partnership was created with RCO engineering. This automotive style cabin technology had cost and comfort that was very attracti ...

Soar Technology, Inc. proposes to develop a human-error modeling tool that can be used by designers and engineers early in the design process to identify likely causes of human error and engineer them out of the system. This tool will combine the strengths of an accurate high-fidelity model of human performance with a simple behavior description language for hierarchical task decomposition, and a ...