NASA Tech Briefs, October 2003Topics covered include: Cryogenic Temperature-Gradient Foam/Substrate Tensile Tester; Flight Test of an Intelligent Flight-Control System; Slat Heater Boxes for Thermal Vacuum Testing; System for Testing Thermal Insulation of Pipes; Electrical-Impedance-Based Ice-Thickness Gauges; Simulation System for Training in Laparoscopic Surgery; Flasher Powered by Photovoltaic Cells and Ultracapacitors; Improved Autoassociative Neural Networks; Toroidal-Core Microinductors Biased by Permanent Magnets; Using Correlated Photons to Suppress Background Noise; Atmospheric-Fade-Tolerant Tracking and Pointing in Wireless Optical Communication; Curved Focal-Plane Arrays Using Back-Illuminated High-Purity Photodetectors; Software for Displaying Data from Planetary Rovers; Software for Refining or Coarsening Computational Grids; Software for Diagnosis of Multiple Coordinated Spacecraft; Software Helps Retrieve Information Relevant to the User; Software for Simulating a Complex Robot; Software for Planning Scientific Activities on Mars; Software for Training in Pre-College Mathematics; Switching and Rectification in Carbon-Nanotube Junctions; Scandia-and-Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia for Thermal Barriers; Environmentally Safer, Less Toxic Fire-Extinguishing Agents; Multiaxial Temperature- and Time-Dependent Failure Model; Cloverleaf Vibratory Microgyroscope with Integrated Post; Single-Vector Calibration of Wind-Tunnel Force Balances; Microgyroscope with Vibrating Post as Rotation Transducer; Continuous Tuning and Calibration of Vibratory Gyroscopes; Compact, Pneumatically Actuated Filter Shuttle; Improved Bearingless Switched-Reluctance Motor; Fluorescent Quantum Dots for Biological Labeling; Growing Three-Dimensional Corneal Tissue in a Bioreactor; Scanning Tunneling Optical Resonance Microscopy; The Micro-Arcsecond Metrology Testbed; Detecting Moving Targets by Use of Soliton Resonances; and Finite-Element Methods for Real-Time Simulation of Surgery.
IDRelationTitle20110023997WorkElectrical-Impedance-Based Ice-Thickness Gauges20110023986WorkCompact, Pneumatically Actuated Filter Shuttle20110023971WorkGrowing Three-Dimensional Corneal Tissue in a Bioreactor20110023987WorkContinuous Tuning and Calibration of Vibratory Gyroscopes20110023970WorkFluorescent Quantum Dots for Biological Labeling20110023991WorkToroidal-Core Microinductors Biased by Permanent Magnets20110023995WorkSoftware for Training in Pre-College Mathematics20110023985WorkScandia-and-Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia for Thermal Barriers20110023979WorkSoftware for Simulating a Complex Robot20110023966WorkSoftware for Refining or Coarsening Computational Grids20110023977WorkMultiaxial Temperature- and Time-Dependent Failure Model20110023981WorkFinite-Element Methods for Real-Time Simulation of Surgery20110023993WorkSingle-Vector Calibration of Wind-Tunnel Force Balances20110023988WorkUsing Correlated Photons to Suppress Background Noise20110023969WorkSystem for Testing Thermal Insulation of Pipes20110023980WorkSoftware for Planning Scientific Activities on Mars20110023996WorkEnvironmentally Safer, Less Toxic Fire-Extinguishing Agents20110023973WorkMicrogyroscope with Vibrating Post as Rotation Transducer20110023965WorkSoftware for Displaying Data from Planetary Rovers20110023994WorkImproved Bearingless Switched-Reluctance Motor20110023967WorkImproved Autoassociative Neural Networks20110023978WorkCloverleaf Vibratory Microgyroscope with Integrated Post20110023968WorkScanning Tunneling Optical Resonance Microscopy20110023990WorkCurved Focal-Plane Arrays Using Back-Illuminated High-Purity Photodetectors20110023974WorkDetecting Moving Targets by Use of Soliton Resonances20110023976WorkThe Micro-Arcsecond Metrology Testbed20110023992WorkAtmospheric-Fade-Tolerant Tracking and Pointing in Wireless Optical Communication20110023984WorkSwitching and Rectification in Carbon-Nanotube Junctions20110023963WorkFlight Test of an Intelligent Flight-Control System20110023972WorkSlat Heater Boxes for Thermal Vacuum Testing20110023983WorkSoftware Helps Retrieve Information Relevant to the User20110023989WorkCryogenic Temperature-Gradient Foam/Substrate Tensile Tester20110023975WorkSimulation System for Training in Laparoscopic Surgery20110023964WorkFlasher Powered by Photovoltaic Cells and Ultracapacitors