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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)InFocus is a worldwide leader in the digital display market. Despite its success in sales, the company posted a net loss in profit in year 2005. The major reasons are its high operating cost and high inventory level. After ...
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(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2004-07)Significant progress has been made in understanding some of the basic mechanisms of force production and flow manipulation in oscillating foils for underwater use. Biomimetic observations, however, show that there is a ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The process of solar thermoelectric energy conversion was explored through a review of thermoelectric energy generation and solar collectors. Existing forms of flat plate collectors and solar concentrators were surveyed. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Over the past decades, the performance of the below-knee prosthesis has been significantly improved. However, below-knee amputees still experience many problems during locomotion. For example, they normally exhibit ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The practical usage of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) is limited by vehicle and operation cost, difficulty in accurate navigation, and communication between the vehicle and operator. The "Rex 2" UUV employs a system ...
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Rheological characterization and modeling of Laponite gels with application to snug-like locomotion (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Using various concentrations of Laponite, results were obtained on an AR1000 rheometer through various testing methods: stress sweep, creep tests, and large amplitude oscillatory shear tests, defined as LAOS. Concentrations ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Many gastropods, such as snails and slugs, crawl using adhesive locomotion, a technique that allows the organisms to climb walls and walk across ceilings. These animals stick to the crawling surface by excreting a thin ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Waxy crude oils are a commonly encountered type of crude oil which must be dealt with by oil production companies. They are characterized by a gel-like behavior at temperatures below their wax appearance temperature (Twa) ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Robotany is a system of autonomous robots that act on behalf of houseplants that rest on top of their chassis. Their duty is to do what plants would if they had the gift of mobility - namely to seek out sunlight or water ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Leaks are major problem that occur in the water pipelines all around the world. Several reports indicate loss of around 20 to 30 percent of water in the distribution of water through water pipe systems. Such loss of water ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)After a stroke, persons suffer from neurological impairments that affect gait, and so require rehabilitation to regain ambulatory function. While 82% of patients recover the ability to walk, current methods including ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The cerebellum is believed to play a role in dynamic compensation in the human motor control system. When it is damaged, subjects make clumsy movements with reduced acceleration, increased overshoot, and swerving in ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This project outlines a design for a fac̦ade product that can potentially be used to simplify both the construction and operation of an apartment in an urban setting. Additionally, this fagade module has been conceptualized ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The goal of this work is to develop a method for robotic navigation of smooth contours depending on the current and desired locations and orientations. Efficient trajectory generation is an essential capability for many ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
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