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Biomimetic Wing or Blade Drive Mechanism for Pitching, Flapping, Translational and Rotational Motion
Published Sunday, April 14, 2002Researchers at the University of Maryland, studying the fundamental physics required to develop miniature flying machines, have designed and developed a mechanism for small-scale flight that attempts to harness the unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms used by insects and small birds to generate thrust and lift. This device generates thrust and lift by...
Categories: Aerospace, Robotics
Keyword(s): miniature flying machine, pitching, flapping, lagging, thrust, low Re, homeland
Docket: PS-2001-076
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Fisheye Calendar: A Calendar Interface for Small to Large Devices (DateLENS)
Published Sunday, April 7, 2002Computer scientists at the University of Maryland, College Park at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) have created a computer calendar interface for PDAs that supports users in performing planning and analysis tasks by using a visual representation of dates coupled with compact overviews, user control over the visible time period, and...
Categories: Information Technology
Keyword(s): hand held, PDA, Calendar
Docket: IS-2002-015
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On-Chip Input/Output Microwave Interference Sense and Protect Circuit
Published Thursday, February 21, 2002Intentional or unintentional microwave or radio frequency (RF) interference can couple through input/output pins or antennae in sealed package chips, and adversely affect the operating point, gain, and input and output impedances of devices and other circuit elements. Negative consequences resulting from RF interference depend on RF signal...
Categories: Microelectronics
Keyword(s): circuit for microwave interference, CMOS
Docket: PS-2001-068
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Relative Cooling with Liquid for Gas Turbine Rotors and Blades
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2002Due to the power and fuel conservation needs of society, more powerful and efficient gas turbine engines are required. For this reason, the design of turbines has been continuously perfected. Nevertheless, during the last twenty years engine designers have become frustrated by diminishing results.A key requirement for increasing the...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): turbine blades ,water cooling, efficiency
Docket: PS-2001-086
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Embedded Ridge Waveguide Filters
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2002One of the actual requirements for modern communications technology is the need for compactness and reliability of electronic products. In particular the needs of RF/microwave products is of great interestResearchers at the University of Maryland, Electrical Computer Engineering, and Northrop Grumman Corporation have developed an...
Categories: Microelectronics
Keyword(s): embedded ridge wave-guide, embeded filters banks, front-end radar receivers,
Docket: PS-2000-070
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Flat Thin, Orientation Independent Thermosyphon Heat Spreader
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2002Current technology for cooling electronics in thin space enclosures such as portables, involves metal plates to spread heat. Very high effective thermal conductivity can be achieved by employing liquid-vapor phase change to transport heat from the evaporator to the condenser. This concept can be exploited to create thin thermal spreader plates...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): cooling electronics, two-phase flow, phase-change thermosyphon system, micromachined porous surfaces
Docket: PS-2000-055
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Controlled Room Temperature Synthesis of Magnetic CoFe2O4 Nanoclusters Through a Block Copolymer Nanoreactor Route
Published Monday, December 10, 2001Magnetic nanoparticles are of great interest because they can be used in improved high-density information storage devices, in ferrofluids for biomedical applications and in magnetic sensors.Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new technology that allows self assembled magnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles within a diblock...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoparticles, nanoclusters, self-assembling, CoFe2O4, ultra-high density magnetic data storage, 525
Docket: PS-2001-060
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Controlled Room Temperature Synthesis of Transparent Ferromagnetic Co3 O4 Nanoclusters
Published Monday, December 10, 2001Magnetic nanoparticles are of great interest because they can be used in improved high-density information storage devices, in ferrofluids for biomedical applications and in magnetic sensors.Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new technology that allows self-assembled magnetic metal oxides Co3O4 nanoparticles...
Categories: Nanotechnology + Nanoparticles + Nanomaterials
Keyword(s): nanoparticles, nanoclusters, Co3O4, ferromagnetic, thin film, ultra high-density magnetic recording media
Docket: PS-2001-059
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Graphical Interface for Digital Libraries (GRIDL)
Published Sunday, October 28, 2001Digital library search results are usually shown as a textual list, with 10-20 items per page. Viewing several thousand search results at once on a two-dimensional display with continuous variables is a promising alternative. Since these displays can overwhelm some users, researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park created a simplified...
Categories: Information Technology
Keyword(s): digital libraries, graphical user interfaces, hieraxes, information visualization
Docket: IS-2001-005
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A Novel Method for Identification of Microorganisms/Cells
Published Tuesday, October 16, 2001Researchers on campus have developed a rapid method for identification of microorganisms. The method involves comparing the mass spectrum of a set or mixture of unknown proteins against publicly available database protein collections assembled from known organisms. Molecular mass is used for comparisons and hence only pico molar amounts of sample...
Categories: Genomics/Proteomics/Database
Keyword(s): protein, mass spectrometry, homeland
Docket: LS-98-089