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IA, Inc. proposes to develop a light weight, field-portable, fiber-optic sensor capable of measuring a panel of prognostic and diagnostic infection indicators including IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-12, and CRP. The proposed sensor will provide a system suitable for field medical units which is capable of early detection of infection, and will require only minimally trained operators. The sensor will be a ...

This proposal develops an experimental prototype employing beam shaped acoustic pulse in soil for the integrated detection and location of buried metallic and non-metallic targets. Detection of buried mines exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum has had limited success because of the intrinsic trade-off in system (pixel) resolution, search rate, signal and image processing, as well as lack of ro ...

This SBIR Phase I project will create an event representation framework and generate a catalogue of reasoning mechanisms for transforming domain specific events into a convenient representational framework. The choice of the representation scheme used to model a domain for analysis by the neural network of fuzzy logic system can make an enormous difference in the ease and efficiency of the proble ...

This Phase I project pertains to the synthesis and biological evaluation of novel L-nucleoside-derived antimalarial compounds. A major recent finding has been that during the development of the malaria parasite in the host erythrocyte, profound alterations are caused in the permeability of the host cell-membrane. Recent investigations have discovered that a new transport pathway for nucleosides ...

There are currently no fire warning systems in use at ammunition storage areas. This is due to the lack of a detection and warning system that is capable of operation in large areas where there are multiple background sources. Early detection and suppression of fires in hazardous areas can save lives as well as millions of dollars in lost weapons and ammunition. We propose a fire-detection and ...

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The objective of this basic research is to design and develop a low-frequency, ultra-wide band (UWE) antenna. Such an antenna combined with a pulse-generating radar system would be capable of penetrating and detecting targets through foliage, ice, snow, and even earth. Development of appropriate radar systems is state-of-the-art except for the antenna, which requires a breakthrough in technology ...

M-Vision Inc., along with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, proposes to develop a new and novel solution to the problem of target detection and discrimination in a complex scene. This solution is obtained by innovatively combining Gabor wavelets and scale space inference. The result is a computational model of human perception that resembles the human visual system in its ...

Military scout vehicles and commercial sports utility vehicles share the common need for advanced suspension/drive systems that offer robustness over widely varying terrain. The ultimate system for handling, ride isolation, and stability control would incorporate high efficiency electric motors independently driving the four wheels, with one on-board high-level computer for controlling the active ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program will develop a novel hybrid adaptive controller for intelligent control of mobile robotic arms. This technique will couple adaptive position control techniques with force control of the end-effector to enable mobile robotic arms to carry out complex tasks requiring close interaction with the environment. A candidate hybrid adaptive control ...