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Engineered biological systems can enable the template-directed synthesis of biopolymers such as proteins and peptides with desirable material properties and functions. The cellular engine of this process, the ribosome and associated translation apparatus, drives the polymerization of hundreds to thousands of amino acid monomers into sequence-defined biopolymers with speed, efficiency, and accuracy ...

Autonomous Cyber ("AC") is building an artificial intelligence product, "the AC model," that autonomously conducts hacking operations. The AC model accepts english language instruction from a human operator as input, e.g. "scan this target," and translate

State-of-the-art power electronics use discrete components such as power magnetic inductors and transformers operating at < 1MHz, which suffer from a large SWAP-C (size, weight, power consumption, and cost). It has been challenging to achieve simultaneously high inductance, compact size, and high quality factors at 1~300MHz for integrated power electronics. In the completed Phase II Army STTR Phas ...

Human Systems Integration (HSI), a leading developer and provider of garment-integrated, wearable electronic solutions, will design, develop and field a comfortable, affordable and robust Tactical Digital Sidekick (TacDS) garment platform that integrates any desired number of tactile/haptic actuators of the same or different technologies that dramatically enhances situation awareness (SA) for Subm ...

Reusing prior work is an adaptive strategy that allows an organization to learn from missteps and extend its most promising insights and capabilities. Reuse grows as a challenge as the artifacts of effort accumulate. For example, stove-piped or hidden data streams make keeping abreast of internal reports and reviews difficult for engineers. The challenges are not merely in the variety and volume o ...

The Navy has rapidly increased submarine capabilities in recent decades, with watchstanders now monitoring more systems and data sources than ever before. In addition to increasing the attentional and cognitive demands on watchstanders, this dynamic creates a balancing act between physical payload and the crew size necessary to handle the systems and meet mission requirements. Cognitive assistance ...

Global migration reached a staggering record of over 280 million migrants in 2020, a number that has almost quadrupled over the past 60 years. The share of the world’s population that are migrants has also markedly increased, now nearing 4% of the global population. As these numbers continue to rise, it is increasingly unsustainable for researchers in the population migration modeling (PMM) comm ...

This work is focused on the development of fabrication technology for large form-factor scintillation crystals for multi-modal detection of radioactive sources, and development of mobile imaging and mapping instruments based on these large format scintillators.

Military aviators are frequently exposed to high gravitational force (G-force) that results from quick turns or movements. The human body is not meant to sustain these increased Gs, and maintaining normal cerebral perfusion pressure becomes incredibly cha

High performance underwater operation with low probability of detection in challenging areas can provide significant value across many naval missions. There is an ongoing desire for greater range, endurance, and speed for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Bio-informed UUV designs offer potential improvements, particularly in swimming speed. Boston Engineering is proud to offer “bio-robotics c ...