NASA Tech Briefs - January 2013 - Vol. 37 No. 1

Tech Briefs

Mechanics & Machinery

Ultra-Compact Transputer-Based Controller for High-Level, Multi-Axis Coordination

Magnetically Actuated Seal

Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot Excavator

Hybrid Electrostatic/ Flextensional Mir ror for Lightweight, Large-Aperture, and Cr yogenic Space Telescopes

Sheet Membrane Spacesuit Water Membrane Evaporator

Motor Qualification for Long-Duration Mars Missions

Information Sciences

3D Hail Size Distribution Interpolation/Extrapolation Algorithm

Ionospheric Simulation System for Satellite Observations and Global Assimilative Model Experiments — ISOGAME

Estimating Torque Imparted on Spacecraft Using Telemetry

flexplan: Mission Planning System for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Airborne Tomographic Swath Ice Sounding Processing System

PowderSim: Lagrangian Discrete and Mesh-Free Continuum Simulation Code for Cohesive Soils

Basic Operational Robotics Instructional System

Multiple-Frame Detection of Subpixel Targets in Thermal Image Sequences

Metric Learning to Enhance Hyperspectral Image Segmentation

Materials

Using Pre-Melted Phase Change Material to Keep Payloads in Space Warm for Hours Without Power

Fibrillar Adhesive for Climbing Robots

Transformers: Shape-Changing Space Systems Built With Robotic Textiles

Software

Artificial Intelligence Software for Assessing Postural Stability

System for Contributing and Discovering Derived Mission and Science Data

Remote Viewer for Maritime Robotics Software

Stackfile Database

Reachability Maps for In Situ Operations

JPL Space Telecommunications Radio System Operating Environment

RFI-SIM: RFI Simulation Package

ION Configuration Editor

Dtest Testing Software

IMPaCT — Integration of Missions, Programs, and Core Technologies

Integrated Systems Health Management (ISHM) Toolkit

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Microwave Sinterator Freeform Additive Construction System (MS-FACS)

Development of a Centrifugal Technique for the Microbial Bioburden Analysis of Freon (CFC-11)

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing for Low- Cost, High-Performance Liquid Rocket Combustion Chambers

Physical Sciences

Single-Photon-Sensitive HgCdTe Avalanche Photodiode Detector

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Using Silica Whispering- Gallery Mode Resonators

Color-Changing Sensors for Detecting the Presence of Hypergolic Fuels

Wind-Driven Wireless Networked System of Mobile Sensors for Mars Exploration

Analysis of the Effects of Streamwise Lift Distribution on Sonic Boom Signature

In Situ Solid Particle Generator

Ultra-Compact, Superconducting Spectrometer-on-a-Chip at Submillimeter Wavelengths

Rad-Tolerant, Thermally Stable, High-Speed Fiber-Optic Network for Harsh Environments

High-Collection-Efficiency Fluorescence Detection Cell

Bio-Medical

Medicine Delivery Device With Integrated Sterilization and Detection

Less-Invasive Ventricular Assist Device for Late-Stage Heart Failure

Integrating Electrical Systems into 3D Mechanical Models

Defibrillator Setting Change Leads to Health Gains

Photonics

UV Resonant Raman Spectrometer With Multi-Line Laser Excitation

Towed Subsurface Optical Communications Buoy

Electronics & Computers

DSP/FPGA Design for a High-Speed Programmable S-Band Space Transceiver

Memory Circuit Fault Simulator

On-Chip Power-Combining for High-Power Schottky Diode- Based Frequency Multipliers

FPGA Vision Data Architecture