Technical Highlights
Biomedical Sciences and Technologies
A wearable device tracks eye and head movements that may indicate a person is suffering from fatigue.
Advanced Materials and Processes
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R&D 100 Award Winner
Digital logic that mitigates electromagnetic interference facilitates an efficient design process for electronic systems.
Sensing Systems and Technologies
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Energy and Climate
This is a novel technology that provides up to an eight-hour warning of an imminent earthquake via the detection of disturbances in the total electron content in the ionosphere.
Autonomous Systems
A software architecture enables a single operator to direct the safe, accurate control of a heterogeneous team of autonomous systems focused on a complex task.
Communications and Information Technology
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Sensing Systems and Technologies
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R&D 100 Award Winner
This acoustic laser communication system provides safe, remote transmission of audio messages to one recipient’s ears only.
Communications and Information Technology
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Biomedical Sciences and Technologies
The system suppresses the noise and reverberation incurred by automated speech and speaker recognition systems, thereby improving the intelligibility of mobile communication devices, “smart” virtual assistants, and assistive speech technologies.
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
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Cyber Security
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R&D 100 Award Winner
End-to-end software that automates the detection, identification, and evaluation of social media accounts engaged in disruptive influence operations.
Advanced Materials and Processes
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A miniaturized electrostatic electrowetting motor offers low voltage, high torque density, high efficiency, and high precision.
Sensing Systems and Technologies
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Advanced Materials and Processes
A small, low-cost system leverages long-length fibers embedded with electronics to provide persistent monitoring of the undersea environment.
Communications and Information Technology
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Sensing Systems and Technologies
This optical system enables long-distance undersea communication through the air/sea interface at a data rate more than 5,000 times faster than today's rate.