NASA Tech Briefs, January 2004Topics covered include: Multisensor Instrument for Real-Time Biological Monitoring; Sensor for Monitoring Nanodevice-Fabrication Plasmas; Backed Bending Actuator; Compact Optoelectronic Compass; Micro Sun Sensor for Spacecraft; Passive IFF: Autonomous Nonintrusive Rapid Identification of Friendly Assets; Finned-Ladder Slow-Wave Circuit for a TWT; Directional Radio-Frequency Identification Tag Reader; Integrated Solar-Energy-Harvesting and -Storage Device; Event-Driven Random-Access-Windowing CCD Imaging System; Stroboscope Controller for Imaging Helicopter Rotors; Software for Checking State-charts; Program Predicts Broadband Noise from a Turbofan Engine; Protocol for a Delay-Tolerant Data-Communication Network; Software Implements a Space-Mission File-Transfer Protocol; Making Carbon-Nanotube Arrays Using Block Copolymers: Part 2; Modular Rake of Pitot Probes; Preloading To Accelerate Slow-Crack-Growth Testing; Miniature Blimps for Surveillance and Collection of Samples; Hybrid Automotive Engine Using Ethanol-Burning Miller Cycle; Fabricating Blazed Diffraction Gratings by X-Ray Lithography; Freeze-Tolerant Condensers; The StarLight Space Interferometer; Champagne Heat Pump; Controllable Sonar Lenses and Prisms Based on ERFs; Measuring Gravitation Using Polarization Spectroscopy; Serial-Turbo-Trellis-Coded Modulation with Rate-1 Inner Code; Enhanced Software for Scheduling Space-Shuttle Processing; Bayesian-Augmented Identification of Stars in a Narrow View; Spacecraft Orbits for Earth/Mars-Lander Radio Relay; and Self-Inflatable/Self-Rigidizable Reflectarray Antenna.
IDRelationTitle20110016574WorkEnhanced Software for Scheduling Space-Shuttle Processing20110016562WorkProgram Predicts Broadband Noise from a Turbofan Engine20110016554WorkSensor for Monitoring Nanodevice-Fabrication Plasmas20110016576WorkMeasuring Gravitation Using Polarization Spectroscopy20110016557WorkSoftware Implements a Space-Mission File-Transfer Protocol20110016551WorkCompact Optoelectronic Compass20110016573WorkPassive IFF: Autonomous Nonintrusive Rapid Identification of Friendly Assets20110016549WorkControllable Sonar Lenses and Prisms Based on ERFs20110016563WorkSerial-Turbo-Trellis-Coded Modulation with Rate-1 Inner Code20110016547WorkThe StarLight Space Interferometer20110016566WorkProtocol for a Delay-Tolerant Data-Communication Network20110016559WorkBayesian-Augmented Identification of Stars in a Narrow View20110016577WorkFabricating Blazed Diffraction Gratings by X-Ray Lithography20110016571WorkFinned-Ladder Slow-Wave Circuit for a TWT20110016568WorkStroboscope Controller for Imaging Helicopter Rotors20110016567WorkSpacecraft Orbits for Earth/Mars-Lander Radio Relay20110016552WorkMiniature Blimps for Surveillance and Collection of Samples20110016569WorkBacked Bending Actuator20110016548WorkChampagne Heat Pump20110016560WorkModular Rake of Pitot Probes20110016570WorkMultisensor Instrument for Real-Time Biological Monitoring20110016564WorkEvent-Driven Random-Access-Windowing CCD Imaging System20110016550WorkMicro Sun Sensor for Spacecraft20110016556WorkIntegrated Solar-Energy-Harvesting and -Storage Device20110016572WorkDirectional Radio-Frequency Identification Tag Reader20110016553WorkMaking Carbon-Nanotube Arrays Using Block Copolymers: Part 220110016555WorkHybrid Automotive Engine Using Ethanol-Burning Miller Cycle20110016565WorkSoftware for Checking Statecharts20110016575WorkPreloading To Accelerate Slow-Crack-Growth Testing20110016561WorkFreeze-Tolerant Condensers20110016558WorkSelf-Inflatable/Self-Rigidizable Reflectarray Antenna