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Better Than Bar Codes, Bar None
That bar code on your cereal box holds information read by a laser scanner. It's not much information, but it's enough to let the supermarket take your money, keep track of inventory, follow trends in customer preference, and restock its shelves. Scanners and bar codes speed up checkout, but they've...
Reversing the Sounds of Silence
Hearing Loss Pill Coming on Market For the last several years, the Office of Naval Research has funded the research of Colonel Richard D. Kopke, MD, and Commander Michael E. Hoffer, MD, at Naval Medical Center San Diego on the prevention and restoration of hearing loss — loss that is due to...
Navy and Marines Enlist Industry for Transformation
Arlington, VA -- The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Naval-Industry Research and Development Partnership Conference in Washington, DC, August 13-14, 2002. Dedicated to industry's role in transforming the Navy and Marine Corps to meet the challenges of the new century, these...
See High-Tech Scientific Wonders July 25-28, 2002 Aboard the Afloat Lab During Baltimore Inner Harbor Tour
WHAT: Meet the researchers behind RoboLobster, Miniature Chemical Detector & more! Aboard the U.S. Navy's Afloat Lab WHEN: Special Media Availability Thursday, July 25 & Friday, July 26, 9:30 a.m. to noon Open to the public Thursday, July 25 to Sunday, July 28 Public Hours: Thursday, July 25 - 12:30...
Fully Integrated Scramjet Missile Engine Tested at Mach 6.5
Arlington, VA -- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully conducted the first-ever ground test of a full-scale, fully integrated hypersonic cruise missile engine using conventional liquid hydrocarbon fuel on May 30, 2002. The test...
Show Stoppers
It's hard for ONR's oceanographer Steve Ackleson to believe he hadn't thought of it before: imaging underwater in fluorescent light.* But the first time he did so on a Floridian coral reef, he couldn't believe his eyes. Corals in brilliant colors not visible under sunlight illumination were suddenly...
High Tech Sky Tech
Move over, Buck Rogers. Soon there may be a war-time battlefield where nary a human combatant is in view, but one in which swarms of unmanned, unattended, and untethered drones on the ground, in the air, and underwater are doing everything that is normally seen in a hostile combat zone: surveillance...
When Every Minute Counts
A razor nick during a much-too-close-shave ten years ago may result in hundreds of thousands of lives saved in the future. Scientist Frank Hursey was working with absorptive materials back in the late 80’s when he cut himself shaving. He picked up a volcanic mineral he’d been studying and decided to...
See RoboLobster & Eye Imager in Action Aboard the Afloat Lab During D.C. Visit
WHAT: Meet the researchers behind RoboLobster & Eye Imager Aboard the U.S. Navy's Afloat Lab WHEN: Monday, April 15 to Friday, April 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (call to RSVP) WHERE: Washington Navy Yard next to the USS Barry. Enter at Main Gate, 9th & M Streets See working demonstrations of advanced...
Much Ado About Nanotubes
Great news! Nanotube technology is here to stay! And, physicists tell us that this world of ultra-small atomic tubular structures is soon going to revolutionize our lives in the form of micromachinery... Think small... really, really small. Physicist John Pazik at the Office of Naval Research and...