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Charles Sota, Kirkland, WA US
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20130181061 | MITIGATION OF ORBITING SPACE DEBRIS BY MOMENTUM EXCHANGE WITH DRAG-INDUCING PARTICLES - A cloud of small to medium-sized space debris is mitigated by releasing drag-reducing particles into the cloud from a dispenser vehicle, causing the particles to collide or otherwise interact with, and thereby exchange momentum with, the debris particles, reducing the orbiting velocity of the debris to a degree sufficient to cause the debris to de-orbit, or to accelerate the de-orbiting of the debris, to Earth. Certain embodiments also include a shepherd vehicle containing systems for identifying and tracking the debris cloud and for coalescing the debris cloud to increase the particles density in the cloud. | 07-18-2013 |
Melinda Sota, Seattle, WA US
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20130167707 | System and Method for Teaching and Testing Musical Pitch - A system and method for teaching a user to discriminate and match musical pitch is disclosed. A pitch module generates a first melodic sequence for a user. The pitch module generates at least two symbolically depicted sequences including a first symbolic sequence that represents a pitch frequency that, when played, matches the first melodic sequence. A tracking module receives a selection of the first symbolic sequence and advances to a next level in response to receiving the selection of the first symbolic sequence. | 07-04-2013 |
Melinda S. Sota, Seattle, WA US
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20100021871 | TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION - A creation system and method for creating routines for teaching comprehension are described. The system identifies the skill to be taught, determines one or more features for the identified skill and determines a sequence of routines based on the determined one or more features. A performance system and method for performing the determined routines are also described. The performance system identifies the skill to be taught, determines the sequence of routines for the skill and presents the sequence to the learners. The performance system also provides feedback to the learners for their responses and modifies the sequence of routines based of the learners' responses. | 01-28-2010 |