NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

The objective of this work was the creation of a wearable human-computer interface system. This system is intended to
provide the dismounted soldier with a hands-free lightweight display, camera, and audio interface to a wearable computer. The
display consists of a miniature flat panel LCD and optical system which magnifies it to create a 16-20 degree- wide image
at a comfortable viewing distance. The display is mounted on or in eyeglasses for hands-free operation, and provides clear
lines of sight around the display to allow the user to perform his or her duties. The headset also incorporates a high-resolution
camera for reconnaissance and capture of images for face recognition. The user can communicate with the computer using
either audio, including voice corumand and control, or with a pointing device for more discrete operation. An industrial design
effort was undertaken to ensure the ergonomics of the final headset as well as aesthetic acceptability. Fiaally, the user interface
software running on the wearable computer was optimized for operation in a wearable application.
DTIC
Computer Information Security; Digital Computers; Human-Computer Interface
20040074153 Dayton Univ. Research Inst., OH
User’s Guide for Combiman Programs (COMputerized BIomechanical MAN-Model) Version 8
Krauskopf, P.; Quinn, J.; Berlin, R.; Stump, W.; Gibbons, L.; Feb. 1989; 381 pp.; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): F33615-84-C-0519; Proj-7184
Report No.(s): AD-A422586; UDR-TR-89-12; AAMRL-TR-89-024; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A17, Hardcopy
This User’s Guide describes the procedures to operate the Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory’s
(AAMRL) COMputerized BIomechanical MAN-model (COMBIMAN) programs. The guide is based on the program as of
January 1989. It deals with the conventions used to develop and analyze crew stations, the generation of the man-model and
the operation of the programs included in the COMBIMAN system. These programs include the interactive graphics program
(CBM08) and the three key data base maintenance programs; CBMAM (creates and maintain anthropometric survey data
bases), CBMCM2 (creates and maintains crew station configurations) and CBMODM (creates and maintains vision limit
overlays). There are also complete descriptions for two other programs, CBMOFF and CADCBM. CBMOFF is a program for
off-line plotting. CADCBM is used to convert drawings from a specific Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system drawing files
for use with COMBIMAN programs. For users who do not have an on-line plotting capability, the program CBM08NOPL is
included to use in place of CBMOS.
DTIC
Biodynamics; Computer Programs; Computerized Simulation
20040074158 National Defense Univ., Washington, DC
Defense Horizons. Number 25, March 2003. Biology and the Battlefield
Armstrong, Robert E.; Warner, Jerry B.; Mar. 2003; 9 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A422396; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A02, Hardcopy
No abstract available
Biotechnology; Horizon
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EXOBIOLOGY
Includes astrobiology; planetary biology; and extraterrestrial life. For the biological effects of aerospace environments on humans see
52 Aerospace Medicine; on animals and plants see 51 Life Sciences. For psychological and behavioral effects of aerospace
environments see 53 Behavioral Sciences.
20040070919 Texas Univ. Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
Bioconvection in Cultures of the Calcifying Unicellular Alga Pleurochrysis Carterae
Montufar-Solis, Dina; Duke, P. Jackie; Marsh, Mary E.; Journal of Gravitational Physiology; July 2003; ISSN 1077-9248;
Volume 10, No. 1, pp. P-19-P-20; In English; 24th Annual Gravitational Physiology Meeting, 4-9 May 2003, Santa Monica,
CA, USA
Contract(s)/Grant(s): NAG2-6072; NAG2-1261; Copyright; Avail: CASI; A01, Hardcopy
The unicellular, marine, calcifying alga P leurochiysis carterae--a model to study cell morphogenesis, cell polarity,
calcification, gravitaxis, reproduction and development-- has extremely flexible culture requirements. Support studies for a
flight experiment addressing cell motility suggested that cell density (cells/ml) affects cell movement in P. carterae cultures
through the gradual establishment of bioconvection as the culture grows. To assess the effect of cell density on direction of
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