NASA Tech Briefs, August 2008Customizable Digital Receivers for Radar Two-Camera Acquisition and Tracking of a Flying Target Visual Data Analysis for Satellites A Data Type for Efficient Representation of Other Data Types Hand-Held Ultrasonic Instrument for Reading Matrix Symbols Broadband Microstrip-to-Coplanar Strip Double-Y Balun A Topographical Lidar System for Terrain-Relative Navigation Programmable Low-Voltage Circuit Breaker and Tester Electronic Switch Arrays for Managing Microbattery Arrays Topics covered include: Lower-Dark-Current, Higher-Blue-Response CMOS Imagers; Fabricating Large-Area Sheets of Single-Layer Graphene by CVD; Support for Diagnosis of Custom Computer Hardware; Providing Goal-Based Autonomy for Commanding a Spacecraft; Dynamic Method for Identifying Collected Sample Mass; Optimal Planning and Problem-Solving; Attitude-Control Algorithm for Minimizing Maneuver Execution Errors; Grants Document-Generation System; Heat-Storage Modules Containing LiNO3 3H2O and Graphite Foam; Precipitation-Strengthened, High-Temperature, High-Force Shape Memory Alloys; Improved Relief Valve Would Be Less Susceptible to Failure; Safety Modification of Cam-and-Groove Hose Coupling; Using Composite Materials in a Cryogenic Pump; Using Electronic Noses to Detect Tumors During Neurosurgery; Producing Newborn Synchronous Mammalian Cells; Smaller, Lower-Power Fast-Neutron Scintillation Detectors; Rotationally Vibrating Electric-Field Mill; Estimating Hardness from the USDC Tool-Bit Temperature Rise; Particle-Charge Spectrometer; Automated Production of Movies on a Cluster of Computers; FIDO-Class Development Rover; and Tone-Based Command of Deep Space Probes Using Ground Antennas.
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