NASA Tech Briefs - April 2012 - Vol. 36 No. 4

Features

• Articles

  3D Printing Gets Real

• Who's Who

  Michael Gazarik, Director of Space Technology Programs, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC

• Application Briefs

  Mission Control Core Trajectory Subsystem Gets Software Upgrade

  Medical Robotics Experts Help Advance NASA’s Satellite Surgery Project

Tech Briefs

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Static Gas-Charging Plug

  Low-Cost, Rugged High-Vacuum System

  Stemless Ball Valve

  Floating Oil-Spill Containment Device

• Information Sciences

  Model-Based Method for Sensor Validation

  Finite Element Models for Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication Process

  IMAGESEER — IMAGEs for Education and Research

  Vehicle Detection for RCTA/ANS (Autonomous Navigation System)

  HyDE Framework for Stochastic and Hybrid Model-Based Diagnosis

  Autonomous Information Unit for Fine-Grain Data Access Control and Information Protection in a Net-Centric System

  Image Mapping and Visual Attention on the Sensory Ego-Sphere

• Materials

  High-Temperature Shape Memory Polymers

  Non-Toxic, Low-Freezing, Drop-In Replacement Heat Transfer Fluids

  Modular Flooring System

  Materials That Enhance Efficiency and Radiation Resistance of Solar Cells

• Software

  Dispersed Fringe Sensing Analysis — DFSA

  'In Situ' Mosaic Brightness Correction

  Simplex GPS and InSAR Inversion Software

  Virtual Machine Language 2.1

  Multi-Scale Three- Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation System for Coastal Ocean Prediction

  Pandora Operation and Analysis Software

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Processing of Nanosensors Using a Sacrificial Template Approach

  Fabrication of a Cryogenic Bias Filter for Ultrasensitive Focal Plane

• Physical Sciences

  Gas Composition Sensing Using Carbon Nanotube Arrays

  Computational Ghost Imaging for Remote Sensing

  Indium Tin Oxide Resistor-Based Nitric Oxide Microsensors

  Sensor for Boundary Shear Stress in Fluid Flow

  Oxygen-Methane Thruster

  Lunar Navigation Determination System — LaNDS

  Supercritical CO₂ Cleaning System for Planetary Protection and Contamination Control Applications

  Design and Performance of a Wideband Radio Telescope

  Launch Method for Kites in Low-Wind or No-Wind Conditions

• Electronics & Computers

  Digital Architecture for a Trace Gas Sensor Platform

  Qualification of Engineering Camera for Long-Duration Deep Space Missions

  Remotely Powered Reconfigurable Receiver for Extreme Environment Sensing Platforms

  Bump Bonding Using Metal-Coated Carbon Nanotubes

Products

• Products

  Product of the Month: HP Z1 Workstation

  Thermoelectric Temperature Controller

  24W Laser

  Photovoltaic Metallization Paste

  Frame Grabber

• Articles

  Underwater Autonomous Vehicles Combine Robotics and Vision to Inspect Oil Pipelines

• Applications

  Creating a Fully Automated Pharmacy Warehouse

• Products

  Measurement Machine Software

  Linear Actuators

  Linear Systems

  Servomotors

  Rubber Mountings

  Drives

  Software-Based PLC

  Tri-Axial Inclinometer

  Piezo Stage System

  Stepper Drive/Controller

  Diaphragm Micropump

• Articles

  Implementing PCI Express on PC/104-Size Modules

  COM Express Revision 2.0: What’s new in the latest specification?

• Products

  Smart Reset ICs

  Battery Simulation Software

  DRAM-on-Logic IC