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This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will accelerate the adoption of data intensive precision agriculture, increasing yields while decreasing farm inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides. This project removes the software bottleneck (time and labor) in processing large aerial surveys taken by Unmanned Aerial Systems, enabling a cost-effective and timely process to deli ...

This SBIR Phase I project will determine the feasibility of a new high risk technology for treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The technology is an AAV2-mediated concurrent expression of recombinant proteins to intracellularly suppress the critical growth factors VEGF-A (vascular endothelial growth factor A) and PDGF-B (platelet-derived growth factor) in a single injection. AMD is ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will benefit nearly 6 million children per year who are suspected of having abnormal Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) which can lead to a more serious condition with numerous complications referred to as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Current detection paradigms include costly and invasi ...

The Airborne Planning Application (APA) provides an architecture and framework that enables the incremental addition of automation and electronic decision support to the airborne operations planning process, which is currently largely manual. The develop...

This project will develop a multi-sensory therapy program for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder by improving eye contact. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder do not make eye contact readily and eye contact is a key component in progressing social behavior. Current methodologies to assist these children in maximizing their capabilities are out of reach for many, costing families t ...

The United States Special Operations Command needs the capability to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance from airborne assets. The Governments objective is to develop an extended range radar prototype system that can track personnel and vehicles in all-weather conditions, during the day and at night, with a Ground Moving Target Indicator and to image personnel or vehicles throu ...

The goal of this DARPA Phase II SBIR program is to evaluate an implantable system for recording myoelectric signals from residual muscles of individuals with forearm amputations. The signals will be wirelessly coupled to an external receiver for controlling prostheses. Compared to surface electrodes, this system will provide: more channels for prosthesis control from a larger number of muscles in ...

This project will develop an algae-base nitrogen fixation process for commercial ammonia production for the agronomy market. This process operates under standard conditions. The technology utilizes a whole-cell mutant algae strain grown on an electrode surface and takes advantage of enzymatic pathways to make ammonia at standard conditions. The primary inputs are electricity and water. Compared to ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project will develop advanced tools for semiconductor metrology that are essential for high accuracy at finer resolution as progress continues to the finer lithography nodes. This progress is essential to satisfy the demand for greater performance in numerous consumer products as well as many other applications. The intellectual merit of this project ...

We propose generating transgenic insects with improved nutrition for humans and livestock. The primary deliverable for Phase I will be expression of a genetic marker in the host insect and demonstration of enhanced essential nutrients in insect cell line...