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“Smart” materials are an emerging category of multifunctional materials with physical or chemical properties that can be controllably altered in response to an external stimulus. By combining the standard properties of the advanced material with the unique ability to recognize and adapt in response to a change in their environment, …
Read More »Navies launch Hybrid and full Electric propulsion for warships and submarines enabling fuel efficiency and stealthy operations in warfare
Marine propulsion is the mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a a naval vessel across water. At present, 90% of the sea-going naval ship are diesel-powered. There are numerous benefits to electric motor propulsion including that it’s quieter, more efficient at lower speeds and less smelly. It’s …
Read More »Reconfigurable Multi-GPU Systems enabled by Silicon Photonics
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized, electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. Modern GPUs are very efficient at manipulating computer graphics and image processing. GPUs were traditionally tasked …
Read More »Optical Fiber Network Technologies enabling terabit per second optical fiber networks for 5G, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)
An optical network is a communication system that uses light signals, instead of electronic ones, to send information between two or more points. The points could be computers in an office, large urban centers or even nations in the global telecommunications system. These include limited range local-area networks (LAN) or wide-area …
Read More »Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) automates and manages clinical research studies
Clinical research is medical research involving people. Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness (efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease. Clinical research …
Read More »Astronaut Spacesuit
NSR’s newly released(April 2022) Moon Market Analysis, 2nd Edition (MMA2) finds a developing moon market positioned to generate $105 Billion over the next decade. “The foundations of a future lunar economy are being laid as governments aim to put feet back on the Moon. 250+ missions are set to launch …
Read More »DARPA MICEE to monitor and detect malicious activities in 5G/mobile infrastructure devices.
The New York Times reported that the US government has defined 5G competition as a “new arms race.” According to the report, “whichever country dominates 5G will gain an economic, intelligence and military edge for much of this century.” The transition to 5G is a revolution and “this will be …
Read More »DARPA EVADE to improve the cybersecurity of Military IoT/embedded devices
By 2025, it is predicted that there can be as many as 100 billion connected IoT devices or network of everyday objects as well as sensors that will be infused with intelligence and computing capability. These devices shall comprise of personal devices such as smart watches, digital glasses and fitness …
Read More »DARPA P-IR developing very small, persistent infrared radiation (IR) sensors of personnel
Infrared radiation detectors are a critical component for DoD imaging systems used in areas such as military vehicles, military night vision, military communication, environmental monitoring, and target acquisition. In addition, they are crucial for commercial markets including surveillance, digital cameras, automotive and scientific research. Common constraints for IR sensors …
Read More »Smart, Multifunctional and Programmable materials require noval fabrication and 3D printing technologies
Smart materials or Active materials or Functional materials are designed materials that have diverse, dynamic features that enable them to adapt to the environment. They have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by external stimuli, the stimulus and response may be mechanical, electrical, …
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