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Web Time-Management Tool
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Oak Grove Reactor, developed by Oak Grove Systems, is a new software program that allows users to integrate workflow processes. It can be used with portable communication devices. The software can join e-mail, calendar/scheduling and legacy applications into one interactive system via the Web. Priority tasks and due dates are organized and highlighted to keep the user up to date with developments. Reactor works with existing software and few new skills are needed to use it. Using a Web browser, a user can can work on something while other users can work on the same procedure or view its status while it is being worked on at another site. The software was developed by the Jet Propulsion Lab and originally put to use at Johnson Space Center.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | JPL-SO-121 |
Welding Curtains
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Concept of transparent welding curtains made of heavy duty vinyl originated with David F. Wilson, President of Wilson Sales Company. In 1968, Wilson's curtains reduced glare of welding arc and blocked ultraviolet radiation. When later research uncovered blue light hazards, Wilson sought improvement of his products. He contracted Dr. Charles G. Miller and James B. Stephens, both of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and they agreed to undertake development of a curtain capable of filtering out harmful irradiance, including ultraviolet and blue light and provide protection over a broad range of welding operation. Working on their own time, the JPL pair spent 3 years developing a patented formula that includes light filtering dyes and small particles of zinc oxide. The result was the Wilson Spectra Curtain.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | JPL-SO-21 |
Whispering gallery optical resonator spectroscopic probe and method
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Disclosed herein is a spectroscopic probe comprising at least one whispering gallery mode optical resonator disposed on a support, the whispering gallery mode optical resonator comprising a continuous outer surface having a cross section comprising a first diameter and a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter. A method of measuring a Raman spectrum and an Infra-red spectrum of an analyte using the spectroscopic probe is also disclosed.
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed a robust spectroscopic sensor and method for sensitive detection and chemical analysis of organic and molecular compounds. The field of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has grown considerably since the discovery that a Raman signal can be greatly enhanced for molecules absorbed on special metallic nanostructures and particles. Conventional SERS methods involve coupling to a plasmonic mechanism, which requires physical contact between the whispering gallery mode resonator (WGMR) and the optics of the spectrometer. JPL's novel silica sphere WGMRs enable a non-plasmonic approach to SERS that offers a number of advantages over the conventional methods: the active substrate is chemically inert, thermally stable, and simple to fabricate. This innovative spectroscopic sensor is ideal for use with in-situ planetary instruments that require robust sensors with consistent response.
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Active substrate is chemically inert and relatively simple to fabricate
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | NPO-TOPS-43 |
| Patent Number | US8649000 |
| Inventors | Mark S. Anderson |
| Patent Issue Date | Mar 11, 2014 |
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(818) 354-7770X-Band Acquisition Aid Software
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The X-Band Acquisition Aid (AAP) software is a low-cost acquisition aid for the Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas and is used while acquiring a spacecraft shortly after it has launched. The DSN consists of three complexes located at Goldstone, CA; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia. Each complex has from three to six antennas.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | NPO-47004-1 |
| Patent Status | U.S. Government Purpose Release |
XMbodyinfo
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The software is very useful for streamlining the spacecraft tour design process.This software has already been successfully used on Cassini. It can also be used rather easily for other Cassini type missions such as the upcoming Europa mission. On Cassini many of hours were saved in the evaluation of the extended mission and extended-extended mission tours. The science optimization and overall science return increase as result of this software was tremendous but cannot be estimated precisely.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | NPO-46482-1 |
| Patent Status | U.S. Government Purpose Release |
XML Translator for Interface Descriptions
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This software addresses the inconsistency in the interface implementation between FPGAs and software commonly results in difficult to test, identify, and fix failures in NASA Space flight systems. The tool forces functionally identical interface implementations on both sides of the interface. The XML Parser is a program that produces header files in C, Verilog, and VHDL that describe an FPGA interface. These header files are created from an XML file describing the interface, and they define constants that allow a programmer to use each register and to access each individual field in the register. The XML Parser is run as part of the make process, which ensures that whenever an interface is changed, all of the code that uses the header files describing it is recompiled.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | NPO-46447-1 |
| Patent Status | U.S. Government Purpose Release |
xvd Image Display Program
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xvd, short for "X-windows VICAR Display", is an image display program for VICAR and PDS images. It is designed to efficiently display large (multiple GB) images, and includes several basic image processing functions. It has been the de-facto standard image display program used within the NASA JPL Multimission Image Processing Lab (MIPL) since 1995. It runs on Unix systems (Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X) that have X-windows, and works well over remote X-window connections.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | NPO-46412-1 |
| Patent Status | U.S. Government Purpose Release |
XvicImage - X-windows widget for image display
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XvicImage is a high-performance X-windows (Motif-compliant) user interface widget for displaying images. It handles all aspects of low-level image display.
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| Internal Lab Reference ID | NPO-46922-1 |
| Patent Status | U.S. Government Purpose Release |
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Research,or EPSCoR,establishes partnerships with
government, higher education and industry that are designed to
effect lasting improvements in a state's or region's research
infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D
competitiveness.
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in the past participated equably in competitive aerospace and
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