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Chemical manufacturers require high accuracy/high sensitivity pressure sensors to efficiently monitor the various manufacturing systems and processes in the chemical plant, to ensure any changes proceed in a safe and reliable manner, adhering to expected standards and practices. NIST also has a need for highly accurate pressure measurements, especially determining the thermo-physical properties of ...

A scene registration augmented reality proof-of-concept for medical education is proposed with the goal of making medical education, especially anatomical learning, intuitive, effective, accurate, and productive by leveraging the latest augmented reality technologies. To achieve the goal, following aspects will be investigated and developed: 1) recognize the fiducial markers on a mannequin or on a ...

The goal of this project is to develop an augmented reality application, ASSET-AR, that supports the delivery of the Cricothyroidotomy emergency procedure. Team Cole Engineering Services Inc. (CESI), which includes the USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), leverages our combined experience in developing augmented reality applications and educating and training practicin ...

It is critical for the DoD to protect warfighters from non-combat threats such as infectious diseases; infections can impair warfighter function and even result death. One limit to development and deployment of certain vaccines is the limited ability to store, transport and administer with a single vial. As such, the DHP is seeking development of a single, highly capable cryovial for eukaryotic ce ...

Warfighters in global regions endemic to vector-borne diseases such as malaria experience increased probability of being non-combat casualties. Currently, there is a malaria vaccine under development that requires cryogenic storage and transport (-150C or lower), and therefore does not readily integrate with existing vaccine distribution networks such as the World Health Organizations Expanded Pro ...

Electronic textiles (aka electrotextiles, e-textiles, or smart fabrics) represent a revolutionary advancement in how the myriad of peripheral devices and associated capabilities issued to dismounted personnel might be integrated into their combat ensemble. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has identified e-textiles as a potential means of unobtrusively monitoring health and detecting injury events ...

Medical simulation bridges the gap between classroom presentation and live tissue training. As medical simulation has improved and become even more lifelike and realistic, the need for enabling technologies that can lower the cost, improve the reusability, or provide added value by enhancing the training experience has become clear. One of the needed technologies is an elastomer that can exhibit s ...

The overall goal of this SBIR effort is to develop a rapid, portable system to test for presence and viability of coliform bacteria and E. coli in field water samples. The end system will be portable, battery-powered, reusable, easy to use, and selective to the specific indicator organism. The specific R&D objectives of Phase I are to (i) advance recent breakthrough technologies developed by the U ...

Fabrico Technology and Professor Andrew Ellington of the University of Texas at Austin, proposes to develop an in-field detection platform based on a novel variation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). The proposed reaction works by utilizing a patent pending oligonucleotide strand displacing (OSD) probe which functions for LAMP in much the same way as a TaqMan probe functions for q ...

iFyber LLC proposes to develop a coliform assay with differential detection of E. coli that will circumvent the current challenges with detecting these organisms at a level of 1 CFU/mL in less than 16 hours. The proposed assay targets a result in less than 6 hours by making use of novel microsphere reagents for capture and concentration of the target cells, and coupling these reagents with loop-me ...