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Articles in Aug 2004 issue of NASA Tech Briefs

• Lightweight Deployable Mirrors With Tensegrity Supports
• Coronagraphic Notch Filter for Raman Spectroscopy
• Fuels Containing Methane or Natural Gas in Solution
• Grounding Headphones for Protection Against ESD
• Software and Algorithms for Biomedical Image Data Processing and Visualization
• Liquid-Metal-Fed Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
• Personal Radiation Protection System
• Ultralow-Power Digital Correlator for Microwave Polarimetry
• Estimating Basic Preliminary Design Performances of Aerospace Vehicles
• Rapid Chemometric Filtering of Spectral Data
• Using an Ultrasonic Instrument to Size Extravascular Bubbles
• New Products
• FPGA-Based, Self-Checking, Fault-Tolerant Computers
• Determining Sizes of Particles in a Flow From DPIV Data
  by Glenn, John H
• Cold Gas Micro-Thruster Enhances Satellite Thermal Management
• Working Fluids for Increasing Capacities of Heat Pipes
• Lightweight Stacks of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
• Compact Motors Provide Motion Control for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot
  by Cordes, Randy
• High-Temperature Magnets Enable Space Power Generation and Propulsion
• What's New Online
• Direct Electrolytic Deposition of Mats of Mn^sub x^O^sub y^ Nanowires
• Ultrasonic Apparatus for Pulverizing Brittle Material
• Computationally-Efficient Minimum-Time Aircraft Routes in the Presence of Winds
• Brushless DC Motors Turn to Integrated Controllers
  by Haas, Jon
• PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
• NASA Spinoffs: Consumer Products
• On-the-Fly Mapping for Calibrating Directional Antennas
• Bubble Eliminator Based on Centrifugal Flow
• Advances in Machine Vision Keep Manufacturers in Control
• Unique NASA Tests Help Make Jets Safer
• Highly Efficient Vector-Inversion Pulse Generators
• Faster Processing for Inverting GPS Occultation Data
• Data Relay Board With Protocol for High-Speed, Free-Space Optical Communications
• Paul Mogan, Project Manager, Operational Spaceport Project Office, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
• Centrifugal Adsorption Cartridge System
• Transplanting Retinal Cells Using Bucky Paper for Support
• Attitude Control for a Solar-Sail Spacecraft
• Inflatable Emergency Atmospheric-Entry Vehicles
• Technologies of the Month
• Collaborative Planning of Robotic Exploration
  by Norris, Jeffrey; Backes, Paul; Powell, Mark; Vona, Marsette; Steinke, Robert
• Preparing and Analyzing Iced Airfoils
  by Vickerman, Mary B; Baez, Marivell; Braun, Donald C; Cotton, Barbara J; Et al
• Prioritizing Scientific Data for Transmission
  by Castano, Rebecca; Anderson, Robert; Estlin, Tara; DeCoste, Dennis; Et al
• Framework for Development of Object-Oriented Software
  by Perez-Poveda, Gus; Ciavarella, Tony; Nieten, Dan
• Tools for Administration of a UNIX-Based Network
  by LeClaire, Stephen; Farrar, Edward
• Evaluating Performance of Components
  by Katz, Daniel; Tisdale, Edwin; Norton, Charles
• Analyzing Spacecraft Telecommunication Systems
  by Kordon, Mark; Hanks, David; Gladden, Roy; Wood, Eric