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Auditory displays that encode spatial audio cues have advanced significantly in recent years, yet, their ability to convey the distance between a sound source and the listener remains limited. This Phase I SBIR project proposes to investigate algorithms capable of adding distance cues to natural and synthesized speech. The particular approach involves manipulation the speaker's vocal effort, wh ...

This SBIR proposal will develop/demonstrate the integration of advanced energy power generation and storage-units into a flexible power mini-grid allowing all future military units to interconnect and share power generation, storage and use requirements. System accepts power from a variety of sources, and provides overall power-distribution based on pre-established protocols. Small-systems will b ...

Key to the development and delivery of a successful IA work product is technology developed by Idetix, Inc. The Idetix eScoreT tool set allows for rapid deployment of a full Net-Centric information sharing environment with distributed databases. In essence, the Idetix eScoreT tool set may be thought of as a universal "plug-and-play" environment for web based applications that facilitates informa ...

It is proposed that ISSYS utilize its existing fluid density sensor background and micromachining technology to develop a new system capable of monitoring the lubricity of fuels. In the Phase I study, microbeads will be mixed with fluids and passed through the resonating microtube. Interaction with the tube walls will affect the motion of the microbeads resulting in a measurement of lubricity, wh ...

In this project, a new TOA/TDOA UWB RAC location system will be developed and applied to precision guidance and navigation of autonomous mine-detection mobile robots. The system will be capable of pinpointing geographical position of an object with accuracies from a few centimeters to a few meters over an area of several to hundred square kilometers at a position update rate of over 200 updates pe ...

Although there are some analytical tools available in the literature, they are not necessary aiming at blast survivability designs. Although there are some composite armors available in the market, they are not necessary of optimal designs. There is still a room to improve the analytical tools and a way to achieve optimal designs. In fact, efforts in research and development for analytical tools a ...

The objective of this proposal is to demostrate the feasibility of using improved materials in the design of Final Drives in conjuction with improved lubricants, seal technology and gear technology that may result in a two (2)fold increase in reliability/durability. These gains can be used in a new design for military and commericial Final Drives to reduce overall unit size, weight and generation ...

Currently aircraft composite and metal structures are joined by fastening them in place using riveted or bolted joints. Although fastened joints largely avoid concerns associated with thermally induced stresses and strains from CTE mismatches, such designs add weight, manufacturing complexity and cost to the design. Recent advances have given rise to new opportunities to increase the integrity a ...

MEMS with sensors, actuators and control functions in a large network system often needs to work in a harsh environment involving changes in mechanical, chemical, and electromagnetic loading at high frequencies and high intensities. The objectives of this SBIR Program are: (1) to develop a MEMS simulator that can provide simulated and accelerated environment/loading conditions for accurate assessm ...

Phase I studies comparing octaminophenylsilsesquioxane (OAPS, cube)/epoxy coating systems to diaminodi-phenylmethane/diglycidylether of bisphenol A DDM/DGEBA coatings used traditionally as undercoats on aircraft frames and skins reveal that OAPS/epoxy systems offer: (1) improved thermal stability (40-60°C higher); (2) photolytic stability 2-3x DDM/DGEBA systems; (3) lower water uptake (0.5 vs up ...