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Proposed is an investigation into the use of flexible, extremely strong and tough, superelastic Nitinol shape memory alloy as a means of dramatically improving puncture resistance for personnel body armor. The Nitinol material is proposed as a surface material or coating for reinforcement or organic fiber fabrics and/or composites or aramid and UHMW polyethylene used in the current body armor sys ...

Disability is the nation's largest public health issue; with over 35 million Americans experiencing disability and annual disability-related costs exceeding $170 billion. Planning for the efficient and equitable allocations of state and local rehabilitation services has generally been inadequate, however. Geographic information systems (GIS) approaches have the potential to dramatically improve ...

MicroDexterity Systems was founded by Steve Charles, MD to develop systems for dexterity enhancement for microsurgery; a concept he originated in the mid 80's. Dexterity enhancement is a subset of tele-operation. The MDS mission statement was broadened in 1994 to address the problem of non-ferromagnetic tele-operation for intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging frequently called image guided ...

"The potential use of biological and chemical warfare agents presents a threat to both military and civilian communities. The properties of biofilms can be exploited to improve the detection of these agents. Biofilms consist of microorganisms growing on asurface and enmeshed in a polymer matrix. Observation of biofilms in a variety of environments indicate they have a natural ability to capture a ...

A solution for critical security sensing scenarios has often been a high-cost scale reduction of large laboratory-based instrumentation. Even though this approach sometimes produces data for a single stimuli that is beyond reproach, it also often produces a very delicate, bulky, and costly system that can not be universally applied. An alternative approach could involve the use of micro-electro- ...

Technology for extending the life of fielded systems offers the potential for signification saving in total ownershipcosts. On-board monitoring and analysis offers the potential to instill increased confidence in prediction of fatigue or remaining usefullife on an individual system basis. This, in turn, offers the potential to reduce premature part retirement. The Phase I project demonstrated t ...