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THE PROPOSED CONCEPT IS AN ULTRA-DENSE MAGNETORESISTIVE MASS MEMORY WITH AN ACCESS TIME OF A FEW MICROSECONDS, 100 MBYTES/SECOND DATA RATES, AND HIGH RELIABILITY DUE TO THE INHERENT RELIABILITY OF MAGNETIC STORAGE WITH NO MOVING PARTS. THE MASS MEMORY REQUIRES NO STANDBY POWER AND CAN BERADIATION HARD. THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WILL UTILIZE THE MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM) TECHNOLOGY C ...

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TELEOPERATORS ARE KEY COMPONENTS OF FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATIONMISSIONS. AS THE USE OF THE TELEOPERATORS AND THE LENGTH OFTIME PEOPLE OPERATE THEM INCREASES, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ERGONOMIC PARAMETERS OF THE SYSTEM. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THIS NEED BY MODELING THE HUMAN MUSCULO-SKELETAL (M-S) SYSTEM. THE MOTION OF THE LIMBS, AS WELL AS THE MUSCLE AND JOINT REACTION ...

KSC NEEDS IMPROVED FORECASTS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA BOTH FOR KSC AS A WHOLE AND, PARTICULARLY, FOR SPECIFIC WORK COMPLEXES OVER PERIODS OF 24 HOURS OR MORE. MESOSCALE NUMERICAL PROGNOSTIC MODELS MAY OFFER ENHANCED FORECAST ACCURACY. A NEW, NESTED-GRID, NON-HYDROSTATIC MODEL (ARAMS, THE ADVANCED REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEM) IS BELIEVED TO BE CAPABLE OF PREDICTING T ...

THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE EPITAXIAL GROWTH OF SEMICONDUCTORS (SI AND GAAS) ON SINGLE-CRYSTAL, HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS. THESE MATERIALS WILL LEAD TO THE MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC/OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES. EPITAXIAL-SEMICONDUCTOR AND HIGH-TC-SUPERCONDUCTOR MATERIALS WILL ALSO LEAD TO THE INVENTION OF NEW DEVICES INVOLVI ...

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RESONANT INTERBAND TUNNEL DIODES (RITD'S) ARE A NEW NEGATIVE RESISTANCE DEVICE, WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY HIGH SPEED, LARGE PEAK TO VALLEY RATIOS, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CUSTOMIZED I/V CURVES. THESE DEVICES ARE BELIEVED TO BE CAPABLE OF SWITCHING IN \2PS., OR OF OFFERING GAIN IN THE TERAHZ RANGE. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDE THE GENERATION, AMPLIFICATION, AND DETECTION OF TEREHZ RANGE SIGNALS, AND ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLID STATE LASER SCANNER FOR ROUTING A HIGH ENERGY LASER BEAM AMONG THE FIBER OPTIC ENERGY TRANSFER PATHS OF A LASER ORDNANCE INITIATION SYSTEM. A SOLID STATE LASER SCANNER WITH NO MOVING PARTS WILL ENABLE A MORE COMPACT AND DURABLE LASER ORDNANCE INITIATION SYSTEM. APA OPTICS' SOLID STATE LASER SCANNER UTILIZES INTERGRATED OPTIC WAVEGUIDES OF ALGAAS A ...