A 3D-SLAM Dunk in Urban Situation Analysis
June 2008
Soldiers will someday use 3D-Simultaneous Localization and Mapping to build a 3D real-time video of an unknown environment before entering it. Used for urban situation analysis, 3D-SLAM uses video sensors on unmanned ground vehicles and hovering unmanned aerial vehicles, along with visual odometry, to improve the safety of our soldiers.
Helping
Organizations Manage Transformations
May 2008
Change can be daunting for organizations as well as people. MITRE
researchers are smoothing the pathways to organizational change
by developing models to help government agencies, businesses, and
other large groups predict how people will react to major transformations.
Unknown
Inside: MITRE's Insights into the Human Brain
May 2008
Technological advances that allow researchers to "see" into the
brain have flooded the field of neuroscience with a bright new light
of understanding. MITRE's Neurotechnology Thrust aims to focus that
light on a host of sponsor problems involving intelligent information
processing that have resisted solution by conventional approaches.
Unlocking
Medical Secrets While Safeguarding Patient Privacy
March 2008
Patients' medical records contain a wealth of health-related information,
but privacy concerns prevent medical researchers from mining the
data. Emerging MITRE research into new methods for stripping personal
data from electronic medical records could help open up this information
to the research community.
Nano
World: Say "Hello" to Classical Rules
March 2008
Research by MITRE's Nanosystems Group shows that the rules of classical
physics also apply to the world of nanotechnology, or the science
of the very small, which draws from applied physics, materials science,
and mechanical and electrical engineering.
MITRE
and Princeton Go Quantum Together
February 2008
When Princeton University was organizing its new Center for Theoretical
Physics, the leaders needed complementary expertise in quantum computing—and
they approached MITRE. In the bargain, MITRE's Quantum Information
Science Group positioned itself to help the company and its sponsors
benefit from worldwide interest in the long run-up to the quantum
revolution.
Mashing
Up the Web Creates New Resources
January 2008
"Mashups" are a new breed of Web application consisting of interactive
programs that draw content from multiple data sources and allow
for software applications that are often richer and more useful
than the sum of their parts. Part video, part satellite imagery,
they're transforming the Web—and hold the promise for an innovation
explosion that MITRE is prepared to harness.
Aircraft
Biosensor Detects Pathogens in Flight
January 2008
With aircraft crossing the globe every minute of the day, it's
not surprising that infectious disease crosses the globe with equal
ease. That's why MITRE researchers are running a feasibility study
on an innovative biosensor that detects infectious diseases in an
aircraft while it's en route to the U.S.
The
Utility of the "Ilities": Flexible Planning for an Uncertain Future
December 2007
MITRE's sponsors strive to develop systems that meet the needs
of today while maintaining the adaptability to meet changing mission
challenges over the course of their life cycle. But without knowing
exactly what the future will bring, how can our sponsors determine
which features to build into a system?
Rapid
Retasking for UAVs Provides Precision Control
November 2007
If you have unmanned aerial vehicles on duty, you want to deploy
them where they have the greatest effect. MITRE's START—which
stands for Spatio-Temporal Analysis for Rapid Tasking—aims
to help Air Force analysts make quick decisions about the best targets
to pursue when mission needs change suddenly.
Containing
the Spread of Infectious Disease in Tight Spaces
October 2007
Military personnel, especially those aboard sea vessels, live in
close quarters, making them especially vulnerable to the spread
of illness. A team of MITRE researchers are devising a "playbook"
for the U.S. Navy that provides techniques for limiting the potentially
devastating effects of pandemic diseases amid the challenging environment
of confined space.
Uncommon
Sensors May Help Secure Our Ports and Borders
October 2007
The steady stream of containers arriving at U.S. ports and borders
each day presents a significant challenge to the authorities who
are tasked with screening this cargo. A pioneering MITRE technology
initiative using special sensors is developing ways to detect illicit
materials poised for entry into the country.
Tangible
Intuition: Bridging the Cultural Gap Through Technology
September 2007
It's well-known that pointing is rude in some cultures. While it's
important for U.S. forces to avoid communication gaffes in foreign
countries, it's also critical for security personnel at home and
abroad to develop intuition that recognizes threatening behavior.
A MITRE research team is helping to close these cultural divides
by creating a standard database to share and analyze nonverbal behavior.
Detecting
Chemical Weapons with Nano-Scale Sensors
August 2007
Researchers and technicians in MITRE's Emerging Technologies Office
have opened a new front in the effort to protect civilian populations.
The project involves the new discipline of "synthetic biology" and
aims to create sensors able to detect odorless, tasteless, colorless,
but deadly, poisons in the water or air—from thousands of
miles away.
Honeyclients
Root Out Attackers' Domains
August 2007
Keeping a step ahead of hacker attacks is getting easier, thanks
to forward-looking MITRE research into Internet security tools called
"honeyclients."
Building
Dynamic Web-Based Tools for Tomorrow's Battlefield
June 2007
MITRE research into Semantic Web technologies is helping to bring
"thinking machines" to the battlefield, providing warfighters with
more targeted real-time data than ever before.
Soldiers
Grab More Intel with Web Media Technology
April 2007
MITRE evaluated Phase I of ASSIST, which allows every soldier to
become a sensor by gathering intelligence data with a helmet-mounted
video camera, a still camera, and a digital pen and then use Web
technology to share the data.
Research
Spurs Rapid Diagnosis of Biological Threats
April 2007
MITRE is working with DNA microarrays to develop a rapid diagnosis
system to help the military find a signature for the body's response
to biological warfare agents, which in turn, will help the military
determine when soldiers have been exposed to an agent and for how
long.
Pairing
Different Robots Combines Best Features of Each
March 2007
Teaming up a big, fast transport robot with a small, slow, precision
robot can give the military better control of bomb disposal over
long distances.
Cell
Phone Application Reports Local Criminal Activities, Aids Disaster
Response
February 2007
One of the problems in catching terrorists is that they blend into
the local populations so well that it's hard to identify them. That
could soon change with LocalEyes, a concept that enlists the eyes
of local citizens as sensors and their cell phones as data capture
devices.
SIMEN
Says: Let's Make Air Force Networks More Secure
January 2007
The days of physical constraints on the IT enterprise are long
since past. MITRE is helping the Air Force shatter the boundaries
of its traditional computer networks by developing innovative new
solutions to the problem of ensuring data security on airborne,
"forward-deployed" networks.
