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MakerWear
Published Wednesday, February 28, 2018Wearable construction kits have shown promise in attracting underrepresented groups to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). They empower users to create self-expressive and personally meaningful designs while fostering an interest in computing. However, these kits require skills that young children (K-6) do not possess:...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Engineering, Devices, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): wearable, construction kit, modular,
Docket: IS-2017-018
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Electronic Home Plate
Published Sunday, December 6, 2015Background:The human factor of umpires in baseball calling balls and strikes can be contentious even with the best of the best behind home plate. The “strike zone”, and its perception by a person two people behind the batter, is less than precise and the subjectivity of the call of ball or strike can affect the outcome of the game. This...
Categories: Robotics, Engineering, Microelectronics, Robotics, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): Baseball, Home plate, Optical sensing, Softball
Docket: PS-2014-167
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Fly-Ear Inspired Miniature Acoustic Sensor System
Published Monday, October 12, 2015Conventional directional microphones have various constraints when attempting to deliver high performance along with a small footprint. There is performance degradation when size decreases relative to the target sound wavelength. Thus, there is a need for a miniature microphone that is able to provide excellent sound source localization....
Categories: Sensors/Monitors, Microelectronics, Engineering, Devices
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: PS-2010-023
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Magnetostrictive Wire Based Flow Sensors
Published Tuesday, November 2, 2010Background:Numerous examples of cilia and whisker-based flow sensors can be found in nature. A mammal’s whisker bends in response to touch or to wind, creating a sensory response which is then interpreted by the animal’s brain. Similarly, fish have a sensory organ known as a lateral line running the length of the body that can detect...
Categories: Aerospace, Sensors/Monitors, Materials, Engineering
Keyword(s): magnetostrictive wires, sensors, medical devices, biological warning systems
Docket: PS-2010-055
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Lunar Laser Ranging Array for the 21st Century - LLRA-21
Published Monday, May 18, 2009This invention proposes one or more improved retroreflector arrays on the moon. Today the linear dimension of the array, combined with the (geometric) lunar librations, results in a return pulse that has a full with at half maximum (FWHM) of about 8 cm. The improvement is by a factor of 5. the goal of this invention is to provide an improved array...
Categories: Sensors/Monitors, Engineering
Keyword(s): lunar laser ranging array
Docket: PS-2007-082
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RFID Sensor for Locating Asphalt Concrete Batches within Constructed Pavements
Published Wednesday, May 7, 2008In order to ensure, and ideally to improve the performance of asphalt pavements, it is vital that the influence of material properties on performance be clearly understood. Correlations between as-constructed properties of asphalt concrete in construction databases and field performance of pavements in pavement management systems can quantify the...
Categories: Sensors/Monitors, Engineering
Keyword(s): RFID, Pavement management, 525
Docket: PS-2007-078
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Integrated CMOS Capacitance Sensors for On-Chip Tracking of Cell Proliferation
Published Tuesday, April 29, 2008Quantifying cell growth is essential for many applications in cell biology and biotechnology. It is required for optimizing cell culture conditions, for studying substances that inhibit or promote cell growth, for studying cancer progression, cytotoxicity assessment, biocompatibility characterization, etc. Traditional cell proliferation assays...
Categories: Engineering, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): CMOS, cancer, on chip, proliferation, cell growth, capacitance, sensor
Docket: PS-2008-047
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Frequency and Force Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy
Published Thursday, March 6, 2008Amplitude-modulation tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AM-AFM) has developed into an important imaging tool for surface characterization. Despite its technical advances it succumbs to imaging bistability caused by the co-existence of attractive and repulsive imaging regimes, and potential sample damage in the repulsive regime....
Categories: Sensors/Monitors, Devices, Engineering
Keyword(s): atomic force microscopy
Docket: PS-2007-001
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Fiber Tip Based Fiber Optic Sensor Systems
Published Tuesday, August 27, 2002Design and control of complex structural and mechanical systems such as household appliances, aircraft, automobiles, underwater vehicles, and theaters requires acoustic and structural vibration analysis. Vibrations may be the source of a noisy environment and/or the cause of fatigue damage, as in the case of automobiles, aircraft, and ships...
Categories: Microelectronics, Engineering, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): fiber tip, optical sensor, Fabry-Perot, acoustic, accelerometer, microphone, optical phase, interference pattern, homeland
Docket: PS-2002-044