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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Aerospace Applications of Programmable Matter

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document, prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program and dated 14 December 2009, is a white paper on programmable matter and smart materials. It covers quantum dots, metamaterials, liquid crystals, dynamic windows and spacecraft thermal management, and describes a future space station scenario. It concludes that even partial realization could bring significant gains in spacecraft energy efficiency, safety and mission flexibility.

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  • p. 3 …RavenWindow Smart Window Film Performance vs. Leading Incumbent Window Filters ................................................................................................................. 9 7. Peltier Junction Heat Pump…
  • p. 10 …our desks, our countertops, our walls and windows and chairs-and modify their properties to suit…
  • p. 11 …In other words, the savings associated with a dynamic window are approximately as large as the…
  • p. 12 …The report concluded that dynamic windows "offer the potential for significantly greater HVAC savings than can…
  • p. 13 …RavenWindow Smart Window Film Performance vs. Leading Incumbent Window Filters. Assuming a retail cost of $25…
  • p. 17 …But we cannot see through the hull, there are no windows, and the station would be…
  • p. 18 …living on stored charge and stored heat. Windows look down on Earth-a warm object that…
  • p. 19 …Therefore, near-term applications such as smart windows and energy-saving metapolarizers, which offer direct and…
  • p. 20 …ASH RAE report KC-03-12-3, "Future Advanced Windows or Zero-Energy Homes," ASHRAE Transactions…
14 December 2009
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-0911-016
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