NASA Tech Briefs - March 2015 - Vol. 39 No. 3

Features

• Articles

  Products of Tomorrow: March 2015

  Smart-Grid-Ready Instrumentation

  Vision Algorithms Catch Defects in Screen Displays

• Who's Who

  Carolyn Parcheta, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

• Application Briefs

  System Concept Studies Will Aid NASA in Asteroid Redirect Mission

  Data Recorders Prepare Orion for Splashdown Test

Tech Briefs

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Design for Improving the Flatness of Solar Sails

  Reactionless Drive Tube Sampling Device and Deployment Method

  Nozzle Heat Flux Gauge

  Rotary-Hammer Core Sample Acquisition Tool

• Information Sciences

  Post-Flight Analysis Statistical Heating (PFlASH)

  Magnetic Sensitivity of a Ka-Band Isolator Measured Using the GRAIL Testbed

  Open-Source, Platform-Neutral BLAS Library

  JPL Unified Methodology Process (JUMP)

  Automated Evaluation Software (AES) Web Application

  A RESTful Web Service Connector for Phoenix Analysis Server

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Fabrication of Single-Mode, Distributed-Feedback, Interband Cascade Lasers

  Developing Ceramic-Like Bulk Metallic Glass Gears

• Machinery & Automation

  Hands-Free Control Interfaces for an Extravehicular Jetpack

  Artificial Immune System-Based Approach for Air Combat Maneuvering

  Rule-Based Analytic Asset Management for Space Exploration Systems (RAMSES)

• Physical Sciences

  Optical Fiber for Solar Cells

  Pumped Subsea Energy Storage

  Carbon Nanotube Tower-Based Supercapacitor

• Electronics & Computers

  Self-Diagnostic Accelerometer Field Programmable Gate Array

  Capacitively Coupled, High-Voltage Current Sensing for Extreme Environments

  E-Textile Interconnect

• Sensors/Data Acquisition

  Multivariate Time Series Search Capability to Identify Complex Patterns in Large Datasets

  NGDCS Linux Application for Imaging-Spectrometer Data Acquisition and Display

  Kepler Community Data Analysis Tools

  Detection of Carried and Dropped Objects in Surveillance Video

  Signal Processing Software for Remote Vital Sign Monitoring

  Visualization of fMRI Network Data

  Viewpoints Software for Visualization of Multivariate Data

  Controlling Fast Acquisition Hardware to Pre-Position a Satellite to Constrain Baseband Searches

Products

• Products

  Product of the Month: March 2015

• Applications

  3D Volumetric Display Technology

• Articles

  The Hubble Space Telescope

  Hubble Spinoffs: Space Age Technology for the Masses

  Customizing Visual 3D Optical Coatings

• Articles

  Researcher Spotlight: Atom­Thick Material Offers 2D Imaging Possibilities

  Synthetic Vision Systems Improve Pilots' Situational Awareness

• Applications

  3D Vision System Aids 560-Mile Piloted Drive

• Products

  CMOS Smart Camera

  Thermal Camera

  CMOS Camera

  USB 3.0 Camera

  CMOS Camera

  High-Speed Camera

  Vision Sensors

  Thermal Camera