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THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR AN UNMANNED MULTI-PURPOSE NAVY ROBOT SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR, INDOOR OR SHIPBOARD USE. SUCH A VEHICLE CAN BE READILY DERIVED FROM UNIQUE'S PRIOR WORK ON HIGH PERFORMANCE FULL MOBILITY VEHICLE PLATFORMS. THIS PLATFORM, MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF UNIQUE'S HIGHLY EFFICIENT PROPRIETARY ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, INCORPORATES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITH FOUR WHEEL 360 DEG STEER IN ...

WE PROPOSE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BUILD A PROTOTYPE, OF A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED MATCHING OF IMAGES AND MAP DATA BASES. THIS WILL BE BASED ON AN EVALUATION OF APPROPRIATE MAP DATA BASE STRUCTURES TO ADDRESS, SEARCH FOR AND RANK OBJECTS THAT ARE CANDIDATE GROUND CONTROL. IT WILL FURTHER BE BASED ON USING NOT ONLY POINT-TYPE CONTROL, BUT ALSO LINEAR AND AREAL FEATURES FROM THE DATA ...

THE COLORADO RIVER PROVIDES A VALUABLE WATER RESOURCE TO ALLOR PARTS OF SEVEN WESTERN STATES. DEGRADATION IN THE QUALI-TY OF COLORADO RIVER WATERS (PARTICULARLY SALINITY) WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ECONOMICS OF THESE WESTERN STATES AS WELL AS ON THE POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH MEXICO WHICH RECEIVES FLOW FROM THE UNITED STATES. IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND 20TH CENTURY, SEDIMENT AND SALT LOAD ...

PERVASIVE ABUSE OF MARIJUANA HAS LED TO THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF COMMERCIAL TESTS TO DETECT CANNABINOIDS IN URINE AT SITES AS DIVERSE AS MILITARY BASES, POLICE STATIONS, AND WORKPLACES. THIS PROJECT UTILIZES INNOVATIVE IMMUNOCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY TO FILL THE, AS YET, UNMET NEED FOR A COST-EFFECTIVE TEST THAT CAN BE PERFORMED BY UNSKILLED PERSONNEL IN NONLABORATORY SETTINGS WITH NO SPECIAL INSTRUME ...