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Having demonstrated the feasibility of fMRI in awake dogs, we are now ready to move forward with a program aimed at extending this technology to the point that a reliable training regimen can be deployed to a wide range of service and working dogs. The ad

iK9, LLC, and Auburn University shall collaborate in the development of prototype procedures for conducting cognitive neuroscience studies employing fMRI imaging of the brains of unrestrained dogs while they are in an awake and responsive state. IK9 is an

Genome-scale predictable cellular design and engineering of biomanufacturing systems is the overarching a goal of DARPA's Living Foundry thrust and, if realized, will enable rapid engineering of living biosystems for a broad range of applications in biotechnology and pharmacology. However, constructing living cells with designed genome is not fully automated and is severely limited by inhere ...

Hadoop style systems have done an excellent job of providing scalable long term disk bound data storage and enjoy wide acceptance in both Government and the private sector. However, Hadoop implementations suffer from performance limitations with respect to whole set aggregates and real time interactivity that we believe can be solved by optimizing for local memory operations. The key performance ...

Advances in biodegradable materials have allowed the development of a variety of resorbable medical devices that do no need to be removed at the end of their service because they degrade within the body into not toxic by-products. However, devices that contain electronic components are still nearly all non-degradable because of the lack of biodegradable conducting and semiconducting materials. T ...

Technology focusing on collection, processing, and analysis of real-time data is playing a major role in military and civilian applications. With the advent of GPU and accelerator computing, the collection, processing, and analysis of real-time data streams is technically possible at an unprecedented scale. The first goal of this proposal is to quickly analyze high-bandwidth data streams by levera ...

This project aims to further develop the technology of frequency stabilized lasers for microwave generation, laser radar and other precision measurement applications. The goal is to decrease the noise floor of the stabilized laser to ~ 6 x 10^-16 at 1 s, and improve operational robustness to allow the device to be transported and operated at the Hz level in stand-alone operation, and mitigate the ...

The DOT has identified the need for an emergency location service as part of the IVHS program. GPS has been proposed as a method of providing location in support of this "Mayday" service. However, the expense, slow time-to-first-fix, and inability to compute a navigation fix except when four satellites are visible make conventional GPS receivers inappropriate for emergency location. NAVSYS has dev ...

PRESENT SILICON IC'S ARE REACHING FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS ON GAIN, SPEED, AND POWER DENSITY. HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES PROMISE TEN-FOLD PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS BUT LARGE-SCALE IC'S ARE REQUIRED TO ASSESS THESE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. SIGE HETEROSTRUCTURES OFFER SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE INCREASES WHILE COEXISTING WITH CURRENT PROCESSING AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY. SILICON SUBSTRATES ARE EASIER TO MANUFACTURE ...

Q-Dot, Inc. proposes an innovative "no-drop" regulator (NDR) for low-voltage micro-power sensor systems. Based upon charge-coupled devices (CCD's), it provides high efficiency with less noise and at a low cost. Designed for battery or solar-cell systems, it has zero-volt input-to-output differential for highly efficient "no-drop" regulation. A 3 V NDR requires only two 1.5 V batteries, decreasing ...