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ADIABATICS, INC. IS PLEASED TO PROPOSE A RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A NOVEL "COMPACT, MINIMUM NOISE, AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES." THE APU USES A COMMERCIAL DIESEL ENGINE AND AN ADVANCED GENERATOR AND NOVEL COOLING TECHNIQUES TO MEET THE STATED REQUIREMENTS. THE KEY PERSONNEL AT ADIABATICS AND SYNCHROTEK ARE WELL AWARE OF THE NEED TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF APU SYSTE ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project advances the state of software licensing and distribution through the development of a secure software rental/subscription system. The proposed technology builds upon existing Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Electronic License Management (ELM) principles, as well as Arxan's state-of-the-art anti-tamper technology, to provide robu ...

THE BLACK-LIP PEARL OYSTER, PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA, IS THE SOURCE OF RARE, VALUABLE BLACK PEARLS. CULTURE OF THIS SPECIES HAS PROVEN HIGHLY LUCRATIVE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA, WITH STRENGTHENING WORLDWIDE DEMAND. THE HAWAIIAN SUB-SPECIES, P. MARGARITIFERA GALTSOFFI, IS ON THE HAWAII STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. STOCKS ARE SCARCE DUE TO BOTH NATURAL RECRUITMENT LIMITATIONS AND THE HISTORY OF OVERFISHI ...

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NATIVE HAWAIIANS "FORM AN UNDERPRIVILEGED MINORITY BOTH IN HAWAII AND ON THE MAINLAND UNITED STATES, WITH CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO NATIVE AMERICANS, BLACKS, AND HISPANICS" (ATU LIKE, 1989). THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY HAS A HISTORY OF UNDERREPRESENTATION IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR. THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP NATIVE HAWAIIANS CLOSE THE GAP ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF AN AQUACULTURE/HYDROPON ...

The project is intended to result in a comprehensive system that delivers natural warning and communication mechanisms for persons with hearing loss. The SoundAlert system offers a unique approach to enable persons who are deaf or hard of hearing to: (1) initiate and receive emergency communications; (2) receive alerts in the workplace or home environments on a single, pocket-sized device throug ...

MULTIPLE ACCESS PROTOCOLS ARE USED TO PERMIT LARGE NUMBERS OF INDEPENDENT TRANSMITTERS TO SHARE A SINGLE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MULTIPLE ACCESS PROTOCOLS WHICH ARE USED IN MOST WIRELESS DATA NETWORKS TODAY-TDMA, CDMA AND ALOHA. CDMA PROTOCOLS CAN BE EFFICIENT BUT AS THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED TODAY, THEY TEND TO BE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF THE USE OF MULTIPLE ...

Multiple access protocols are used to permit large numbers of independent transmitters to share a common communication channel. CDMA was developed as a multiple access network protocol for military applications during the last forty years. Recently considerable interest in using CDMA in the civilian sector has been evident. The implementation of CDMA multiple access networks is difficult because o ...

The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project will develop a new ceramic fiber technology for reinforcing injectable bioplastics used in orthopaedic applications. The main goal of this research project is to achieve a significant increase in strength and stability of the proposed product over current injectable polymer based biomaterials through a combination of variable diameter ...

Cacao trees grow and produce well in Hawaii. How can we develope cacao growing and chocolate production to best utilize this asset? This project research will help define the potential for cocoa production in Hawaii and whether sufficient high end gourmet cocoa products can be produced in a scaled-down factory, appropriate in size for local production, sold at a high enough price and in large enou ...