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Briefs Medical
Progress Toward Cell-Directed Assembly of Nanostructures
During 2007, progress was made on several fronts in a research program oriented toward developing capabilities for biocompatible and biomimetic self-assembly of nanostructures that could...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Advances Toward Development of "Smart Dust" Biosensors
Progress has been made toward meeting several technical challenges in a continuing effort to develop “smart dust” sensors for remote detection of chemical and biological agents. Until...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Structural Composite Batteries
A continuing program of research and development is devoted to the design, fabrication, and testing of polymeric composite- material devices that are multifunctional in the sense that they both store...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Mechanical Aspects of Structural Composite Batteries
In furtherance of the development described in the immediately preceding article, an experimental study focusing on mechanical aspects of structural composite batteries was performed. In this...
Briefs Information Technology
Sensor Validation Using Nonlinear Minor-Component Analysis
Aconcept of sensor validation using nonlinear minor-component analysis (NLMCA) has been proposed as a theoretical basis of a sensor fault-detection-and isolation (FDI) module in a...
Briefs Information Technology
Enlightened Multiscale Simulation of Biochemical Networks
A continuing research project is dedicated to development of mathematical and software infrastructure in support of post genomics research in systems biology. One near-term objective of the project is to contribute to deeper understanding of the organizational principles of biological...
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New Scale Technologies (Victor, NY) has introduced the SQL-1.8 SQUIGGLE piezoelectric linear motor that travels up to 7 mm per second and pushes axial loads of up to 30 grams. It measures 1.8 × 1.8 × 6 mm. New materials...
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Laser Components IG (Hudson, NH) offers the SAT family of Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes targeted for the 1.06-micron detection region. The photodiodes feature quantum efficiency at 1,064 nm and low dark current and optimum capacitance...
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Fiberguide Industries (Stirling, NJ) offers multimode, single-mode, and graded index optical fibers, as well as design and engineering of assemblies with custom and standard endfittings/ connectors and outer jackets to tailor a product to technical requirements. The company also designs and manufactures 2D and V-Groove arrays, cables for...
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Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products (Cincinnati, OH) offers standard and custom environmental test chambers for measuring temperature cycling, humidity, thermal shock, accelerated stress-screening, AGREE vibration, altitude, low-temperature...
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B&W Tek (Newark, DE) has introduced the MiniRam II portable Raman spectrometer, a lightweight, battery operated Raman instrument with a 10-cm-1 spectral resolution in 175 - 3100 cm-1 Raman shift range, with a stabilized 785-nm...
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Aerotech (Pittsburgh, PA) offers motion simulators, multi-axis gimbal systems, singleand multi-axis positioning systems, and advanced control systems. These include systems for angular testing/calibration of satellite sensors, missile...
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Boulder Imaging (Louisville, CO) provides VisionRecorder systems for real-time digital video recording, image processing, analysis, and archiving. Complete systems support any number of simultaneous video inputs (HOTLink, CameraLink,...
Products Photonics/Optics
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Deposition Sciences (Santa Rosa, CA) offers expanded optical coating services in the Infrared spectrum for defense applications. Coating capabilities range from the ultraviolet (UV), through the visible (VIS), near-infrared (NIR), middle-infrared (MIR or IR), and to the farinfrared (FIR). The companyís patented MicroDyn reactive...
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FLIR Systems Thermography Div. (North Billerica, MA) offers the SC8000 IR camera that produces images with output of 1024 × 1024 pixels at 132 frames per second. The mega-pixel camera is designed for advanced scientific...
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The IS-1200 LandHawk inertial-optical helmet tracking system for ground vehicles and aircrafts is available from InterSense (Bedford, MA). The system is a 6-degrees-of-freedom, wide-area, vision-inertial, self-tracking system for...
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Hermes high-power, QWI-enabled, 8- and 9-nm QCW laser bars and stacked arrays are available from Intense Ltd. (North Brunswick, NJ). Utilizing Quantum Well Intermixing (QWI) technology, the company offers laser products such as...
Articles Communications
The Ballistic Missile Defense System: An Integrated Approach to Global Defense
Although the end of the Cold War signaled a reduction in the likelihood of global nuclear conflict, the threat from ballistic missiles has grown steadily as...
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
Data-Centric Distributed Application Architecture for Shipboard Systems
System architects design distributed applications leveraging computer resources connected by a network infrastructure: CPU-intensive tasks may be located on powerful core...
Briefs Materials
Continuous Carbon Nanofibers for Structural Composites
A program of research has addressed key issues in the production of continuous carbon nanofibers and the utilization of carbon nanofibers as the reinforcing components in matrix/fiber...
Briefs Materials
High-Strain-Rate Tests of Epoxy/Aluminum-Powder Composites
Initial tests have been performed in a continuing experimental study to determine selected mechanical properties, at high strain rates, of an epoxy and of composite materials consisting...
Briefs Materials
High-Temperature Resins for Composite Materials
Improved, readily processable thermosetting polymer resins are being developed for use as matrix materials in composite-material structures in applications in which there are requirements for...
Tech Transfer Reports Photonics/Optics
Mirror-Steering System Eliminates Vibration in Optical Devices
For optical systems used in communications and instrumentation applications in space and on the ground, eliminating vibration can be a difficult task. Left Hand Design Corp. (LHDC,...
Briefs Materials
Making Ultra-Hydrophobic Textured Silicone-Rubber Surfaces
Silicone-rubber surfaces microscopically textured in such a manner as to render them ultra-hydrophobic have been fabricated by a method in which breath figures are utilized. Originally,...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Time Coding of Asynchronously Transmitted Multi-Source Data
A method of time coding of asynchronously transmitted data from multiple sources has been invented. The method is especially applicable to a data-acquisition and transfer system that...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Quantum Network Testbed
A document describes the world’s first quantum network testbed — an Internet-compatible fiber-optic data-communication network that is kept extremely secure by use of encryption with quantum key distribution (QKD). The testbed, located in the Boston metropolitan area, includes ten nodes, of which four run continuously...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Monitoring and Charging System for a High-Power Battery
Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram showing (1) a high-power rechargeable battery comprising multiple series-connected modules, each module containing multiple series-connected...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Advances in Materials for Photonic Applications
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Aprogram of research has addressed multiple topics in the design, development, characterization, and utilization of new...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Compact Megawatt Infrared Free-Electron Laser Amplifier
A proposed high-gain free-electron laser (FEL) amplifier, conceived primarily for use in a maritime environment, would be capable of average output power of the order of a megawatt at one...
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