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Articles in Aug 2003 issue of NASA Tech Briefs

• NASA creates the building blocks of nanotech
• Explosion welding for hermetic containerization
• Program for computing Albedo
  by Justus, Carl G (Jere)
• Photovoltaic power station with ultracapacitors for storage
• Self-deployable spring-strip booms
• Integrated software for analyzing designs of launch vehicles
  by Philips, Alan D
• Force/torque sensor systems: Optimizing robot performance
  by Perry, Dwayne
• Safety interlock for angularity misdirected power tool
• Better VPS fabrication of crucibles and furnace cartridges
• Improved process for fabrication carbon nanotube probes
• Automated serial sectioning for 3D reconstruction
• Zipper connectors for flexible electronic circuits
• Variable frequency drives for more efficient manufacturing operations
• Stable, thermally conductive fillers for bolted joints
• Burn-resistant, strong metal-matrix composites
• Modular, parallel pulse-shaping filter architectures
• Connecting to thermocouples with fewer lead wires
• Parallel subconvolution filtering architectures
• Mapping software plays role in shuttle Columbia recovery
• High-fidelity piezoelectric audio device
• New program lets teachers spend the summer with NASA
• Scott Hubbard, director, Ames Research Center
• Antistatic polycarbonate/copper oxide composite
• Pattern matching software for machine vision applications
• Lithium-ion batteries power Mars rovers
• Abstract-reasoning software for coordinating multiple agents
  by Clement, Bradley; Barrett, Anthony; Rabideau, Gregg; Knight, Russell
• Software for partly automated recognition of targets
  by Opitz, David; Blundell, Stuart; Bain, William; Morris, Matthew; Et al
• Software searches for better spacecraft-navigation models
  by Ely, Todd; Crossley, William
• Time analyzer for time synchronization and monitor of the deep space network
  by Cole, Steven; Gonzalez, Jorge Jr; Calhoun, Malcholm; Tjoelker, Robert