Abstract: A device for controlling thrust vectoring of a cyclorotor includes a control cam positionable relative to a drive shaft of a cyclorotor along each of a first axis and a second axis, where the drive shaft is rotatable about a third axis. The device may further include a frame having a plurality of sides, where the frame is disposed at least partly around the drive shaft of the cyclorotor, a first positioning assembly disposed on a first side of the frame, where the first positioning assembly is structurally configured to move the frame along the first axis, and a second positioning assembly disposed on a second side of the frame, where the second positioning assembly is engaged with the control cam and structurally configured to move the control cam relative to the frame along the second axis.

Abstract: Various deficiencies in the prior art are addressed by systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and/or apparatus configured for fabricating a strain sensing device directly on a structure by printing or otherwise depositing a material on the structure, the material exhibiting a piezo-resistive effect, and sintering a strain sensing pattern from the material such that the strain sensing pattern becomes electrically conductive.

Abstract: An acoustic imaging system responsive to an acoustic wave emitted from an object is disclosed. The system detects a deflection angle of an electromagnetic probe beam as it passes through a coupling element. The coupling element also couples the acoustic wave emitted from the object to an acoustic detector. The probe beam deflection angle is related to an angle of propagation of the acoustic wave through the coupling element. A filtering unit is configured to remove components of the signal from the acoustic detector that are outside of a range of angles, thereby improving the angular resolution of the acoustic detector. The acoustic wave may be generated by an acoustic source, such as an ultrasound transmitter, or an electromagnetic source such as a laser.

Abstract: A method of performing heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and a second precursor gas, to form a heteroepitaxial growth of one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN on the substrate; wherein the substrate comprises one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN; wherein the carrier gas is H2, wherein the first precursor is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the second precursor is one of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), H2Te (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), and NH3 (ammonia). The process may be an HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy) process.

Abstract: A touch-based tracking method comprises starting a GUI which displays an environment; observing at least one of the presence or absence of one or more targets in relation to features in the environment; when an observation is made, reporting the observation through the GUI to form an input; reporting the observation in the GUI with a hand gesture; applying an algorithm to convert the input into a probability distribution; and updating a target state estimate and alters the environment display. The environment may be an area or a map, and the map may include a plurality of features, e.g. roads, building structures, forest, and water. The observation indicates the presence or non-presence of the one or more targets. The hand gesture is made on the map, such as a swiping motion with one or more fingers on the GUI, wherein the hand gesture indicates the strength of the observation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing and executing single-use systems. Invention provides provably secure system design, instantiated in heterogeneous hardware that exists solely for the lifetime of a mission. More specifically, the present invention provides a functional mission analysis, formal specification and mathematically rigorous machine-checkable representation of a hardware mission instantiation to significantly reduce the vulnerabilities of a mission.

Abstract: A disk engine and system configured to provide high power at a reduced axial length is disclosed herein. The disk engine includes a radial compressor, a compressor discharge manifold positioned circumferentially about compressor, a combustion chamber positioned within the discharge manifold and a radial turbine positioned radially inward of the combustion chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to articles comprising core shell liquid metal encapsulate networks and methods of using core shell liquid metal encapsulate networks to control AC signals and power. Such method permits the skilled artisan to control the radiation, transmission, reflection and modulation of an AC signal and power. As a result, AC system properties such as operation frequency, polarization, gain, directionality, insertion loss, return loss, and impedance can be controlled under strain.

Abstract: A method for making an antenna comprises creating a digital antenna file defining dimensional characteristics of a radiating support structure and a ground support structure; uploading the digital antenna file to an additive-manufacturing device; manufacturing the radiating support structure and ground support structure with the additive-manufacturing device; coating one side of the radiating support structure and ground support structure with a conductive ink; attaching the radiating support structure and ground support structure together; fixing a radio frequency connector to the conductive ink on the radiating support structure and the ground support structure. The radiating support structure and the ground support structure are attached together with a dielectric adhesive.

Abstract: Methods of forming a self-aligned gate (SAG) and self-aligned source (SAD) device for high Ecrit semiconductors are presented. A dielectric layer is deposited on a high Ecrit substrate. The dielectric layer is etched to form a drift region. A refractory material is deposited on the substrate and dielectric layer. The refractory material is etched to form a gate length. Implant ionization is applied to form high-conductivity and high-critical field strength source with SAG and SAD features. The device is annealed to activate the contact regions. Alternately, a refractory material may be deposited on a high Ecrit substrate. The refractory material is etched to form a channel region. Implant ionization is applied to form high-conductivity and high Ecrit source and drain contact regions with SAG and SAD features. The refractory material is selectively removed to form the gate length and drift regions. The device is annealed to activate the contact regions.

Abstract: An apparatus for a microprocessor computer system and method for configuring the same where said microprocessor computer system comprises a processor core and at least one hardware buffer FIFO with memory-mapped head and tail that handles data movement among the processor cores, networks, raw data input and outputs, and memory. The method for configuring said microprocessor computer system comprises utilizing a FIFO auxiliary processor to process said data traversing said hardware FIFO; utilizing said hardware FIFOs to efficiently pipe data through functional blocks; and utilizing a FIFO controller to perform DMA operations that include non-unit-stride access patterns and transfers among processor cores, networks, raw data input and outputs, memory, and other memory-mapped hardware FIFOs.

Abstract: A method of performing heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and a second precursor gas, to form a heteroepitaxial growth of one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN on the substrate; wherein the substrate comprises one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN; wherein the carrier gas is H2, wherein the first precursor is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the second precursor is one of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), H2Te (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), and NH3 (ammonia). The process may be an HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy) process.

Abstract: A system for deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle in a target region. The system includes a pod configured to be deployed from an air craft in a first region remote from the target region. The pod includes a capsule housing portion and a capsule ejection system in operative communication with the capsule housing portion. A capsule is dimensioned and configured to be disposed in the capsule housing portion as the pod is deployed from the aircraft and is ejected from the capsule housing portion by the capsule ejection system in a second region remote from the first region and the target region. The capsule includes a UAV housing portion dimensioned and configured to encase the unmanned aerial vehicle and a UAV ejection system in operative communication with the UAV housing portion for deploying the unmanned aerial vehicle in the target region.

Abstract: A method for preparing an anhydrous nanoparticle dispersion, comprising providing an aqueous medium comprising a surfactant and a quantity of surfactant-coated nanoparticles suspended in the aqueous medium; (i.) estimating an average particle length and an average particle diameter of the surfactant-coated nanoparticles suspended in the aqueous medium, and estimating a quantity of the surfactant-coated nanoparticles in the aqueous medium; estimating a surface area (SA) of the surfactant-coated nanoparticles in the aqueous medium based on the average particle length and the average particle diameter and the quantity of the surfactant-coated nanoparticles; adjusting a ratio of the quantity of the surfactant-coated nanoparticles to a quantity of the surfactant to a desired value to form a precursor aqueous solution; diluting the precursor aqueous solution with an organic solvent to provide a suspension of surfactant-coated nanoparticles in the solvent, and heating the suspension at about 100° C.

Abstract: A method of performing heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and a second precursor gas, to form a heteroepitaxial growth of one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN on the substrate; wherein the substrate comprises one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN; wherein the carrier gas is H2, wherein the first precursor is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the second precursor is one of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), H2Te (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), and NH3 (ammonia). The process may be an HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy) process.

Abstract: A method comprising: providing aqueous antibodies; cationizing the aqueous antibodies by the addition of stoichiometric amounts of an excess of a positively-charged crosslinker in the presence of a coupling reagent; titrating the cationized antibodies with a counter anionic polymer until the antibody cation/anion pair solution becomes negative by zeta potential measurement, to create at least one antibody cation/anion pair in aqueous solution. The antibodies are one of anti-hemoglobin antibodies, anti-horse spleen ferritin IgG antibodies, or blood-typing IgM Anti-A antibodies, single-chain antibodies from camelids, monoclonal Anti-Flag antibodies, monoclonal Anti-HRP2 to Plasmodium falciparum, polyclonal Anti-neuropeptide Y, and polyclonal Anti-human troponin. The antibody cation/anion pair solution may be lyophilized to remove all of the water, forming a lyophilized solid, and the lyophilized solid may be heated to generate an antibody ionic liquid.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms, apparatus, computer implemented method and/or frameworks configured for tracking Earth orbiting objects and adapting SSN tracking operations to improve tracking accuracy while reducing computational complexity and resource consumption associated with such tracking.

Abstract: A method of forming a stable protein complex comprising: providing aqueous protein complexes, wherein the protein complexes are one or more of photosystem I complex from spinach, photosystem II complex from spinach, chlorophyll antennae, thylakoids, bacteriochlorophylls, chlorosomes, and photosystems from green algae, cyanobacteria, and plants; cationizing the aqueous protein complexes by the addition of stoichiometric amounts of a crosslinker in the presence of a coupling reagent; titrating the cationized protein complexes with a counter anionic polymer until the protein cation/anion pair solution becomes negative by zeta potential measurement, to create at least one antibody cation/anion pair in aqueous solution. The protein complexes cation/anion pair solution may be lyophilized to remove all of the water, forming a lyophilized solid. The lyophilized solid may be heated until a protein complex ionic liquid is generated.

Abstract: A deformable yet mechanically resilient microcapsule having electrical properties, a method of making the microcapsules, and a circuit component including the microcapsules. The microcapsule containing a gallium liquid metal alloy core having from about 60 to about 100 wt. % gallium and at least one alloying metal, and a polymeric shell encapsulating the liquid core, said polymeric shell having conductive properties.