Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to obtain the relative speed between a first traffic object and a second traffic object. The separation distance between the first traffic object and the second traffic object is received. The relative speed and the separation distance are combined to form a quantitative measure of hazard encountered by the first traffic object. The obtain, receive and combine operations are repeated to form cumulative measures of hazard associated with the first traffic object. The cumulative measures of hazard are analyzed to derive a first traffic object safety score for the first traffic object.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to obtain the relative speed between a first traffic object and a second traffic object. The separation distance between the first traffic object and the second traffic object is received. The relative speed and the separation distance are combined to form a quantitative measure of hazard encountered by the first traffic object. The obtain, receive and combine operations are repeated to form cumulative measures of hazard associated with the first traffic object. The cumulative measures of hazard are analyzed to derive a first traffic object safety score for the first traffic object.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to obtain the relative speed between a first traffic object and a second traffic object. The separation distance between the first traffic object and the second traffic object is received. The relative speed and the separation distance are combined to form a quantitative measure of hazard encountered by the first traffic object. The obtain, receive and combine operations are repeated to form cumulative measures of hazard associated with the first traffic object. The cumulative measures of hazard are analyzed to derive a first traffic object safety score for the first traffic object.

Abstract: A vehicle warning system to provide a time-based measure, termed the time-to-last-second-braking time, which is a time buffer that is left for the driver, or control system, to react in order to achieve a desired minimum distance buffer during a collision avoidance process. This measure is based upon a velocity of the host vehicle, an acceleration of the host vehicle, a distance to a lead vehicle, a time rate of change of the distance to the lead vehicle, a relative acceleration between the host and lead vehicles, an acceleration of the host vehicle under maximum braking, and the minimum distance buffer. Various levels of warning may be provided, based upon the value of the time-to-last-second-braking time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A programmable gas generator which has a plurality of different elements can be individually activated, and wherein the activation causes inflation of a device.

Abstract: A microelectronic battery is formed from Zn/Air technology as a volumetric energy storage device from soft lithography techniques. The microelectric battery includes an anode and a cathode disposed in an electrolyte tank having a volume <1 mm3 that is filled with an electrolyte.

Abstract: A microelectronic supercapacitor is amenable to being fabricated using micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. By utilizing MEMS techniques, the supercapacitor in accordance with the present invention can be formed with volumes <1 mm3. As such, such microelectronic supercapacitor is suitable for use in applications in which only a few millimeters are available for both a supercapacitor and an energy storage device, such as a battery.

Abstract: A microelectronic battery which provides increased battery capacity relative to known thin film batteries without the need for increasing the footprint. In order to provide increased capacity, the microelectronic battery in accordance with the present invention is formed from Zn/Air technology as a volumetric energy storage device. As a volumetric energy storage device, the height dimension of the device may be increased relative to known thin film batteries to provide increased battery capacity without the need to increase the footprint dimensions. As such, the microelectronic battery in accordance with the present invention is suitable for various applications which require a relatively high capacity power supply with a relatively small footprint.

Abstract: A microelectronic supercapacitor is amenable to being fabricated using micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. By utilizing MEMS techniques, the supercapacitor in accordance with the present invention can be formed with volumes <1 mm3. As such, such microelectronic supercapacitor is suitable for use in applications in which only a few millimeters are available for both a supercapacitor and an energy storage device, such as a battery.

Abstract: An oscillating micro turbine is formed of a turbine that oscillates back and forth. The turbine is formed with a flexure which is pressed by fluid flow to oscillate in specified directions.

Abstract: A propulsion system and, in particular, a microthruster for a microsatellite. The microthruster may be formed as a resistojet type thruster formed with a chamber, closed by a diaphragm which acts as a blow-out disk. A fluid, such as an inert gas, is disposed within the chamber. Heating of the gas causes the gas pressure to increase until the diaphragm ruptures, which, in turn, causes the gas to flow out of the chamber, acting as a propellant, and providing a small unit force. The microthruster is adapted to be formed by known batch processing methods with 10.sup.4 -10.sup.6 microthrusters per wafer. The unit of force can be easily scaled by varying the number of microthruster 20 used for an application, the geometry of the chamber 22, as well as the type of fluid used within the chamber, to suit the microsatellite application.

Abstract: Automatic acquistion and anaylsis for three-dimensional surface geometries is accomplished by use of an opto-electronic technique which exploits large-linear-area lateral-photo-effect-diodes and employs a reflected, tightly focused light spot. The technique consists of one very small light spot pulsed for example at 10,000 Hertz with a 50% duty cycle. The light spot is focused on the surface to be measured and scanned across it stopping for, in one example, 50 microseconds each time it is illuminated. The diode detectors mounted in the focal plane of a pair of cameras, return azimuth and elevation information for each spot. Knowledge of the location and orientation of the cameras, as well as calibration corrections for each camera, completes the information necessary to reconstruct the full three-dimensional location of each reflected light spot.

Abstract: Extractor for removal of a femoral component of a total or partial hip joint reconstruction, in which an impact shock is applied directly through hardware to the extractor which is so shaped that converging jaws secure the neck of a prosthesis therein and the withdrawal shock is applied parallel to the stem of the prosthesis.