DOW-UAP-D136, AAWSAP DIRD, Biosensors and BioMEMS: A Survey of the Present Field, March 2010

Department of War · 3/31/10 · Las Vegas, Nevada · Document

DOW-UAP-D136, AAWSAP DIRD, Biosensors and BioMEMS: A Survey of the Present Field, March 2010 is indexed as a Department of War record with incident date 3/31/10 and location Las Vegas, Nevada. This document is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD), a technical reference format used by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to capture baseline knowledge on a specific topic for later analytic use. DIRDs are best understood as reference and synthesis products rather than as original research. It is one of 38 DIRDs produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) between 2009 and 2011. Because AAWSAP s scope permitted a broad range of supporting topics, not every DIRD in the series directly concerns aerospace systems or future threat assessment. The following summary reflects the DIRD s scope and framing at the time of writing and should not be read as implying current validation of the concepts discussed. This DIRD surveys biosensors and BioMEMS, a broad class of miniature biomedical devices that combine microscale engineering with sensing, fluid handling, stimulation, or drug-delivery functions. The report reviews major application areas including implantable blood-chemistry sensors, neural interfaces, neurostimulation, drug-delivery pumps, microfluidic systems, and emerging nanoscale extensions of the field, while emphasizing that miniaturization can improve sensitivity and enable functions that are difficult or impossible at larger scales. However, it also makes clear that practical development is constrained by biocompatibility, long-term stability, sensor drift, device degradation inside the body, and the high regulatory burden associated with implantable medical systems. The document presents BioMEMS as a rapidly growing and productive field whose future advances are likely to come through continued improvements in fabrication, materials, and reliability. Redactions have been made to protect the identity of eyewitnesses, the location of government facilities, or potentially sensitive information about military sites not related to UAP. No redactions have been made to any files released under President Trump's directive concerning information about the nature or existence of any encounter reported as a UAP or related phenomena.

Notable / anomalous element

• The light from the glow is conducted back toward the supporting instrumentation system. (native PDF text, page 18)
• These apparent points of light are called phosphenes. (native PDF text, page 34)
• The intensity of the orange light then indicates oxygen levels in the solution. (native PDF text, page 18)
• Optical absorbance or transparency can be read by a simple light emitting diode (LED) and photodetector system that measures light passing through the glass sample cell. (native PDF text, page 39)

Details

• This product is one in a series of adva nced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under t he Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Warning Office's Advanced Aerospace 1 Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. (native PDF text, page 2)
• Comments or uestions pertaining to this document shou ld be addressed to!AAP Person 1, AAWSA Program Manager, Defense Intelligence Agency, ATTN: CLAR/DWO3, Bldg 6000, Washington, DC 20340-5 100. ii UNCLASSIFIED/ {FOR OFFICIO!!!ii Qllk (native PDF text, page 2)
• 3 Brain Implanted BioMEMS Micr omachine Neuroelectrodes. (native PDF text, page 3)
• Functional MEMS Micromachines At tached to Sensing Bioelectrodes. (native PDF text, page 4)
• Schematic Diagram of a MEMS Motor Complete With a Method of Converting Oscillatory Motion to Linear Motion. (native PDF text, page 4)
• Illustration of the Basic Physical Principle of the BioMEMS Motor. (native PDF text, page 4)
• Close-up Views of the Micr o-Motor Gear. (native PDF text, page 4)
• An ISFET (Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor) Needle-Type pH Sensor for Monitoring Tissue Physiologic Status. (native PDF text, page 4)

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