NASA Tech Briefs - July 2010 - Vol. 34 No. 7

Features

• Application Briefs

  Cockpit Vision System to Improve Pilot Safety

  Vibration Isolators Supplied for James Webb Telescope Testing

• Who's Who

  NASA’s Chief Technologist Leads the Agency’s New Focus on Research and Innovation

• Articles

  Wireless Sensor Technology for Real-Time Applications

Tech Briefs

• Physical Sciences

  Wirelessly Interrogated Wear or Temperature Sensors

  Optical Pointing Sensor

  Radio-Frequency Tank Eigenmode Sensor for Propellant Quantity Gauging

  High-Temperature Optical Sensor

  Fuel-Cell Power Source Based on Onboard Rocket Propellants

  Polar Lunar Regions: Exploiting Natural and Augmented Thermal Environments

  Improved Speed and Functionality of a 580-GHz Imaging Radar

  Bolometric Device Based on Fluxoid Quantization

  Simultaneous Spectral Temporal Adaptive Raman Spectrometer — SSTARS

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Processing Nanostructured Sensors Using Microfabrication Techniques

  Modular Habitats Comprising Rigid and Inflatable Modules

  More About N₂O-Based Propulsion and Breathable-Gas Systems

• Software

  Automated Computer Access Request System

  Range Safety for an Autonomous Flight Safety System

  Fast and Easy Searching of Files in Unisys 2200 Computers

  Parachute Drag Model

  Evolutionary Scheduler for the Deep Space Network

• Materials

  Exfoliated Graphite Nano-Reinforcements With Surface Modifications to Improve Dispersability

  MicroGel® for Passivation of Pigment Degradation

  Producing Synthetic Agglutinates in Simulated Lunar Regolith

• Information Sciences

  Algorithms for Learning Preferences for Sets of Objects

  Algorithms for High-Speed Noninvasive Eye-Tracking System

  Model for Simulating a Spiral Software-Development Process

  Adapting ASPEN for Orbital Express

  Algorithm That Synthesizes Other Algorithms for Hashing

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Ultrasonic/Sonic Rotary-Hammer Drills

  Lunar Soil Particle Separator

  Miniature Piezoelectric Shaker for Distribution of Unconsolidated Samples to Instrument Cells

  Advanced Aerobots for Scientific Exploration

• Electronics & Computers

  Integral Battery Power Limiting Circuit for Intrinsically Safe Applications

  Squeezing Alters Frequency Tuning of WGM Optical Resonator

  Configurable Multi-Purpose Processor

Products

• COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4.0 multiphysics simulation software

• Briefs

  Holographic Vortex Coronagraph

  Photon Counting Using Edge-Detection Algorithm

  Optical Structural Health Monitoring Device

• Applications

  Tunable Bandpass Filters

• Articles

  Cooling Lasers with Thin-Film Thermoelectric Coolers

• Products

  Product of the Month: Wireless MEMS Sensor for Glaucoma Diagnosis

  Vibration Cancellation System

  VCSEL Chips

  Laser Diodes

  LED Light Tubes

  Dual CCD Camera

  Green Laser

  Purified Steam Generator

  Laser Fluorescence Filters

  Fiber Optics Testing Platform

  Avalanche Photodiode Receiver

  Logarithmic Sensor

  EBTN LCDs

  DPSS Industrial Laser

  CMOS Machine Vision Camera

  5-Megapixel APO-Xenoplan Lens

  Rapid Automated Modular Microscope System

  Machine Vision Software

  Plug & Play Driver for Pulsed Laser Diodes

  Solar PV Encapsulant

• Products

  12-Volt System with Mini-ITX Motherboard

  DB9 Adapter

  Embedded Virtualization Manager

  Rugged Waterproof Computer

  Ternary Content Addressable Memory

  LPDDR2 Compliance and Protocol Test Tools

  Single-Chip OTN Platform

• Applications

  Optimizing the Interoperability of Military Satellite Communications

• Articles

  Programming Network Processors Made Simple

  Designing Solid State Drives Into ATCA-based Platforms

  Achieving Embedded Software Safety with Agility