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Wireless links are currently protected from eavesdropping by protocols which may be broken by sufficiently advanced computers. Quantum encryption techniques use fundamental physics principles to obtain unconditionally secure secret key, unbreakable even by a quantum computer, with which to encode data. Toyon/JPL proposes to research and design architectures for continuous-variable quantum encrypti ...

Major, uncontrolled bleeding as a result of battlefield injuries or civilian trauma often results in death. Controlling this bleeding, and simultaneously providing a suitable matrix and growth factors for wound healing could prevent some of these deaths and speed recovery. Platelets contribute to hemostasis and wound healing by participating in clot generation and the generation of clot promoting ...

Carbon nanotubes possess extraordinary mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Attempts have been made to develop advanced engineering materials with improved or novel properties through the incorporation of carbon nanotubes in selected matrices (polymers, metals and ceramics). Recently, the use of carbon nanotubes to reinforce ceramic composites has made exciting progress. However, oxida ...

EM space launch has proven difficult and expensive to achieve. One approach to reduce the difficulty is to limit projectile velocities achieved by the launcher and augment them with laser propulsion, as suggested in this solicitation, reducing peak power by a factor of four or so. We offer a different approach that will reduce peak power by four orders of magnitude. We propose to study the design ...

San Diego Research Center (SDRC) teamed with the University of Rhode Island's (URI) Thin Film Research Center group led by Dr. Otto Gregory will determine the feasibility of a passive wireless transponder-based solution to the wireless strain requirement. Our unique and novel solution is based on a passive microwave circuit deposited directly on the engine fan blade. The passive RF transponder ...

San Diego Research Center (SDRC) and University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) offer a team of experts in wearable sensors, embedded networking, mesh networking, and military communication systems to study and demonstrate the feasibility of the overall system concept. We seek to define and design the overall system architecture model composed of the body-worn system, the wireless network, and ...

The development of ultrahydrophobic coatings that are safe, economic, and applicable to a variety of different materials will result in significant savings due to the prevention of any water-caused damage such as corrosion and reduced maintenance requirements. Recent studies evalating naturally occuring ultrahydrophobic properties in plants have identified the so-called "Lotus Effect", where super ...

Significant recent research has shown that breath biomarkers are excellent indicators of oxidative stress caused by conditions ranging from radiation exposure to COPD. Current techniques for collection, concentration, and analysis of exhaled breath do not support real-time analysis, or require complex and bulky equipment. Streamline Automation, LLC will develop a portable Breath BioDetector in p ...

San Diego Composites (SDC) and the University of Delaware's Center for Composite Materials (UDCCM) have identified an opportunity to develop and demonstrate innovative techniques to fabricate integrally radiation hardened composite electronic housings for MDA interceptor electronics enclosures. The goal of this project is to develop materials and manufacturing methods for composite electronic enc ...

Counteracting the actions of groups that direct and implement violent behavior towards the United States and its citizens is one of the major issues of our time. Elimination of individuals identified as threats is apparently of marginal long-term utility: other adversaries arise to replace fallen comrades. The conflict that is the global war on terror exists not only on an individual level but a ...