PFI-TT: Kits for Developing Aerial 3D Display Technology

PFI-TT：用于开发航空 3D 显示技术的套件

• 批准号: 2234534
• 负责人: Daniel Smalley
• 金额: $ 24.94万
• 依托单位: Brigham Young University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2234534&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; TT; Kits; Developing; Aerial

The broader impact of this Partnerships for Innovation - Technology Translation (PFI-TT) project is to create a commercialized version of an optical trap display (OTD) kit. The OTD is an emerging display technology with the ability to create full-color images in air. This PFI project will produce aerial 3D displays from scratch. This technology will also create an open database allowing students and entrepreneurs to collaborate globally to access a free flow of ideas, practices, and data related to building aerial 3D displays. This research will inform the second- and third-generation prototypes, provide customer validation, and drive the demonstration to potential investors and licensing partners; all critical steps toward a future in which the sci-fi displays are commonly available. The proposed project will result in a set of novel, scalable, market-ready optical trap display (OTD) kit prototypes. Research will be conducted to overcome the challenges of optimizing the trapping process for introductory particle collection to achieve a Knudsen number close to 1 and a trap rate greater than 99% at the lowest achievable laser power. Scalable materials and construction techniques will be incorporated for lab-to-kit translation and an associated student curriculum will be developed in partnership with Utah STEM Action Center. The prototypes will expand the understanding of three OTD parameters: optical power, particle dimension (and its relation to the Knudsen number), and critical lens alignment by back-reflection. The kits will enable an automated, networked exploration of these parameters by new citizen-scientists as they share their experimental data.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该创新合作伙伴关系 - 技术转化 (PFI-TT) 项目的更广泛影响是创建光陷阱显示 (OTD) 套件的商业化版本。 OTD 是一种新兴的显示技术，能够在空气中创建全彩图像。 该 PFI 项目将从头开始生产空中 3D 显示器。这项技术还将创建一个开放数据库，使学生和企业家能够在全球范围内进行合作，以获取与构建空中 3D 显示器相关的自由流动的想法、实践和数据。 这项研究将为第二代和第三代原型提供信息，提供客户验证，并向潜在投资者和许可合作伙伴推动演示；迈向科幻显示器普遍可用的未来的所有关键步骤。拟议的项目将产生一套新颖、可扩展、可投入市场的光陷阱显示 (OTD) 套件原型。 我们将进行研究，以克服优化引导性粒子收集的捕获过程的挑战，以在可实现的最低激光功率下实现接近 1 的努森数和大于 99% 的捕获率。 可扩展的材料和施工技术将被纳入实验室到套件的转换中，并且将与犹他州 STEM 行动中心合作开发相关的学生课程。 这些原型将扩展对三个 OTD 参数的理解：光功率、颗粒尺寸（及其与克努森数的关系）以及背反射的关键透镜对准。这些套件将使新公民科学家在分享实验数据时能够对这些参数进行自动化、网络化的探索。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。