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Briefs: Information Technology
A Posteriori Study of a DNS Database Describing Super - critical Binary-Species Mixing
Currently, the modeling of supercritical-pressure flows through Large Eddy Simulation (LES) uses models derived for atmospheric-pressure flows. Those atmospheric-pressure flows do not exhibit the particularities of high density-gradient magnitude features...
Briefs: Information Technology
Scalable SCPPM Decoder
A decoder was developed that decodes a serial concatenated pulse position modulation (SCPPM) encoded information sequence. The decoder takes as input a sequence of four bit loglikelihood ratios (LLR) for each PPM slot in a codeword via a XAUI 10-Gb/s quad optical fiber interface. If the decoder is unavailable, it passes the...
Briefs: Software
QuakeSim 2.0
QuakeSim 2.0 improves understanding of earthquake processes by providing modeling tools and integrating model applications and various heterogeneous data sources within a Web services environment. QuakeSim is a multi-source, synergistic, data-intensive environment for modeling the behavior of earthquake faults individually, and as part...
Briefs: Software
HURON (HUman and Robotic Optimization Network) Multi-Agent Temporal Activity Planner/ Scheduler
HURON solves the problem of how to optimize a plan and schedule for assigning multiple agents to a temporal sequence of actions (e.g., science tasks). Developed as a generic planning and scheduling tool, HURON has been used to optimize space mission...
Briefs: Software
MPST Software: MoonKommand
This software automatically processes Sally Ride Science (SRS) delivered MoonKAM camera control files (ccf) into uplink products for the GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B spacecraft as part of an education and public outreach (EPO) extension to the Grail Mission. Once properly validated and deemed safe for execution onboard the...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, has introduced the 33500B Series waveform generators. The eight one- and two-channel models, which generate waveforms up to 30 MHz, incorporate...
Articles: Software
In our annual poll of executives at leading analysis and simulation software vendors, we found that more widespread use of the cloud, mobile devices, and touchscreen interfaces will be major...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Create the Future Design Contest 2012
The 2012 Create the Future Design Contest — sponsored by COMSOL, Nordson EFD, and Tech Briefs Media Group (publishers of NASA Tech Briefs) — recognized innovation in product design in seven categories: Con sumer Products, Electronics, Machinery & Equipment, Medical, Safety & Security, Sustainable Tech...
Articles: Software
Mark Wagner, Ben Madoff, and Mark Rudolph Sensorcon, Buffalo, NY
What if sensors, meters, and instruments were just apps instead of single-purpose, bulky, expensive equipment? Sensordrone is a first step towards making this...
Articles: Energy
LumEN: Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Sustainable, On-Demand Electricity Production
Gianmarco Griffini, Massimo Micocci, and Francesca Ostuzzi, Politecnico di Milano, Milan,...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Grid-X Cloud and Smartphone Accelerator
James Awrach SeaFire Micros, Beverly, MA
Supercomputers are linked worldwide, creating ultra-highperformance cloud, utility, and grid...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Thermal Stir Welding Process
Jeff Ding NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama
The patented thermal stir welding process is a new solid-state (meaning the weld metal does...
Articles: Imaging
Prosthetic Leg Connector
Dave King Synergy Tech, Kelowna, BC Canada
This is a device to aid those who wear prosthetic limbs. The current state of the art is a multilayer system that...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
LIFE PACK Hypothermia Prevention
Floatation Device Dwight and Jane Cushman, Village Memorial, Portland, OR
Even with floatation gear, when a person who is not prepared for the...
Articles: Energy
Aquaback Water Purification System
Bill Zebuhr, Scott Newquist, David Dussault, E. Andrew Condon, Steven Sahagian, Nicholas Wong, Michael Easton, William Burie, Charles...
Articles: Transportation
Re-Thinking Automotive Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Ivan Batinic, ATPS, Inc., San Martin, CA
The ATPS system is a new approach to implementing vehicular Tire Pressure Monitoring...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Top Ten Most Popular Entries
Visitors to the Create the Future Design Contest Web site were invited to vote on their favorite entries. Here are the top ten most popular entries, winners of a SpaceMouse Pro 3D mouse from 3Dconnexion.
Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies (ET3)™ Daryl Oster, ET3 Global Alliance
This global transportation system is...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
NASA’s Curiosity rover landed in the Gale Crater on Mars on August 5, having flown over 127 million miles since its November 2011 launch. As part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program,...
Application Briefs: Motion Control
PI Ceramic monolithic piezo actuators (PICMA) were put to use in the Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument (CheMin) on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. CheMin is an Xray...
Articles: Medical
Ask the Denver attorney whose legs were smashed in a car accident. Ask the veterans rehabilitating from injuries sustained while defending the nation. Ask NBA star Blake Griffin, or NFL safety Jim Leonhard, both...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
On August 6th, 2012 the automatic Mars Science Laboratory rover named Curiosity landed on Mars. One of the scientific instruments on board is ChemCam, which has a pulsed laser capable of ablating a...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Dr. Greg Chavers, test lead at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, helped to design the “Mighty Eagle” robotic prototype lander. The vehicle,...
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Historically, the displays deployed in military vehicles have been simple monitors, acting as an interface to an onboard system. That’s no longer good enough. As military vehicles are equipped with more...
Products: Photonics/Optics
AMETEK Programmable Power (San Diego, CA) has expanded its Elgar TerraSAS ™ line with the ETS Series Standalone Photovoltaic (PV) Simulator. The new series includes three models for testing PV inverters across a wide...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI®) (Santa Rosa, CA) announced an expansion of its optical components line, the new Multispectral Optical Filter Assemblies, orMOFAs. DSI’s advanced optical assembly...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Innovations in Optics, Inc. (Woburn, MA) now offers a new generation of ultra-high brightness LED light engines with integrated fluorescence excitation filters for use with many types of life science instruments. LumiBright LE...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Heyco Products, Inc., (Toms River, NJ) has announced the availability of new CPV Solar Connectors. Heyco CPV Solar Bulkhead Connectors mate with Heyco CPV Solar Connectors creating a liquid tight seal through the panel. The...
Products: Photonics/Optics
IDS Imaging Development Systems (Woburn, MA) has introduced the GigE uEye LE, a new boardlevel industrial camera that measures a mere 45mm × 45mm for integration into small spaces. Thanks to its GigE interface the...
Products: Photonics/Optics
REO (Boulder, CO) has released a 594nm (yellow) helium neon (HeNe) laser suitable for cost-sensitive bioinstrumentation and fluorescence excitation applications. The new laser features a perfectly circular beam profile and...
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