LG NOVA Proto Challenge
Conceptualize new business models and approaches to create a more seamless and accessible experience of daily life in an interconnected future society. Client: LG Electronics, LG NOVA Division
MICROELECTRONICS
Denmark Uses Robot Maintenance For Wind Turbine Blades
Vestas – an energy solutions provider based in Denmark – has introduced its new stand-alone business, BladeRobots. BladeRobots is an automated robotic technology solution for the maintenance of wind turbines. According to Vestas, the system Read More
Delft University Creates SuperGPS
Researchers at the Delft University of Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and VSLGlobal navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have created a robust and highly accurate positioning system called SuperGPS. Current positioning systems in use – such as Read More
Reality Goggles Making Soldiers More Effective
The US Army has started to receive the first of tens of thousands of augmented reality goggles designed to make soldiers more effective in close combat. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) was developed from Read More
MAPS GEN II, The New Backup Plan For GPS Signals
The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) has awarded Raytheon subsidiary Collins Aerospace a contract for the latest version of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing Systems Read More
DARPA’a Ouija Program Seeks To Improve High-Frequency Radio Communications
DARPA is seeking companies to develop real-time modeling for assimilative ionospheric and high-frequency (HF) radio propagation. The project – called Ouija TA-2 – is expected to improve communications and sensing. HF signals are reflected by Read More
The U.S. Army Awards $15 Million To Develop An Electronic Warfare System
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract worth US $15 million to develop concepts for the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB), an electronic warfare platform. “The Terrestrial Layer Read More
The NRL Creates Project To Gain Better Understanding Of Seabed Geologic Processes
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has issued a sources-sought notice for the Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Engineering and Software Development project. The overall mission of the project is to gain an improved understanding of the Read More
Sensors To Aid In The Detection Of Brain Injury
Dr. Hong Chen at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) has received a three-year US $750,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop wearable sensors to aid in the detection of blast-induced traumatic Read More
New Mask On Breathing Device To Train Naval Aviators With Distress Symptoms
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges (NASTP) program office (PMA-205) recently installed and demonstrated the new Mask on Breathing Device (MOBD) trainer. The MOBD trainer simulates unique breathing-related distress symptoms that tactical jet aviators Read More