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The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is the development of a new generation of machine learning/artificial intelligence tools for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of wastewater treatment systems. Over $160 billion is spent on sewer fees in the U.S., with year-to-year costs increasing by over 5% for many users. Even with the sig ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project focuses on the growing multipoint touch sensors estimated at US $94B in 2024. Touch screens literally allowed access to the virtual world and its capabilities at our fingertips and enabled those who were keyboard illiterates to access the vast world wide web capabilities through this natural interface. A ubiquitous cost effective multipoint t ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result from enabling businesses to process and extract insights from large unlabeled datasets, using machine learning with minimal human supervision, in application areas such as cyber security, precision medicine and predictive maintenance. Current deep learning approaches require large ...

The broader impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project includes the development of new tools and methods for detecting and managing insect populations in the agricultural sector. The benefits of improved information about insect populations are substantial, including increased farm revenues through avoided pest damage and improved pollinator activity, and increased ac ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is the development of a safe, effective, and sustainably-produced natural sunscreen compound, gadusol, to replace harmful ingredients widely used in current sunscreen products. Two to three million cases of skin cancer are reported globally each year, including 132,000 cases of melanoma. In 2 ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is that it will provide a next-generation commercial method of removing volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) such as benzene, formaldehyde and methylene chloride from indoor air. These compounds are potential carcinogens and also exacerbate allergies, asthma, and other respiratory problems. I ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF SPEECH RECOGNITION ON A VLSI NEUROCOMPUTER. THE SPEECH RECOGNITIONSYSTEM WILL PERFORM SPEAKER-INDEPENDENT RECOGNTION OF SPOKENENGLISH LETTERS. THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM, NOW RUNNING IN THE CONTEXT OF A DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE APPLICATION ON A SUN4 WORKSTATION, CLASSIFIES ISOLATED LETTERS OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET AT 96% ACCURACY-THE BEST REPOR ...

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SEVERAL TYPES OF PHOTO-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. HOWEVER, CURRENT LIMITATIONS (SUCH AS IRREVERSIBILITY, INADEQUATE PHYSICAL CHANGES, AND HIGH EXPENSE) HAVE PREVENTED THEIR WIDESPREAD USE. BEND RESEARCH PROPOSES TO PURSUE A NEW CLASS OF PHOTO-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS FOR USE IN A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS (E.G., OPTICAL MEMORY DEVICES, ABSORBANTS, SWITCHES IN ROBOTIC ...

THE NEED FOR NEW MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES IS APPARENT FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY DEVOTED TO THIS RESEARCH. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES TO PRODUCE MATERIALS WITH MANY COMBINATIONS OF PROPERTIES THAT WOULD HAVE HIGH COMMERCIAL VALUE. HOWEVER, ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRID (OIH) MATERIALS OFFER A UNIQUE ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL MULTIPHASE MATERIALS. ...