WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:00.850 - [Director] Two. 00:03.560 --> 00:06.260 - Hello, my name is Staff Sergeant Timothy Miller. 00:06.260 --> 00:08.060 I'm an air traffic controller by trade, 00:08.060 --> 00:10.400 and I'm a landing zone safety officer, or LZSO, 00:10.400 --> 00:12.464 for the 821st Contingency Response Squadron 00:12.464 --> 00:14.680 out of Travis Air Force Base. 00:14.680 --> 00:16.490 I'm currently here at Yakima Training Center 00:16.490 --> 00:18.090 with my LZSO team. 00:18.090 --> 00:20.150 We're here next to COLZ. 00:20.150 --> 00:24.110 We've been bringing in C-130s and C-17s for the last couple 00:24.110 --> 00:25.490 few days. 00:25.490 --> 00:26.463 (mumbles) 00:26.463 --> 00:28.840 many, if not most 00:28.840 --> 00:29.770 of the LZ's 00:29.770 --> 00:30.603 that we go to 00:30.603 --> 00:33.600 does not have a built-in capability for lights. 00:33.600 --> 00:35.250 And so, as the LTSO team 00:35.250 --> 00:36.800 we are providing that service 00:36.800 --> 00:39.350 and we often use these Phantom brand 00:40.430 --> 00:42.770 tactical lights, which run off of four 00:42.770 --> 00:44.260 double-A batteries. 00:44.260 --> 00:47.790 What we find with these AA is that the only last a few hours 00:47.790 --> 00:49.930 this creates a huge burden on the LTSO team 00:49.930 --> 00:51.320 because we have to manage them, 00:51.320 --> 00:53.720 make sure there is always light for the aircraft, 00:53.720 --> 00:54.553 means that we have to have 00:54.553 --> 00:57.240 a constant supply of these batteries 00:57.240 --> 00:59.850 to be able to dispose of these batteries. 00:59.850 --> 01:01.500 Now, what our team was finding 01:01.500 --> 01:03.450 was that all of the folks 01:03.450 --> 01:05.250 that were deploying have these 01:05.250 --> 01:06.820 cell phone power things. 01:06.820 --> 01:08.190 They are able to recharge their batteries. 01:08.190 --> 01:10.650 And they have a much larger capability 01:10.650 --> 01:12.640 than the four AA batteries. 01:12.640 --> 01:14.380 And we were interested 01:14.380 --> 01:18.060 if we could actually power the lights of off 01:18.060 --> 01:19.320 these battery packs 01:19.320 --> 01:23.170 What we came up with was a 3D printed adapter. 01:23.170 --> 01:24.440 Where you can see on one end 01:24.440 --> 01:27.700 there is a way of simulating the AA batteries 01:27.700 --> 01:28.630 and then the other en 01:28.630 --> 01:30.630 you have an actual USB port 01:30.630 --> 01:33.380 Where you are able to plug in the USB adapter 01:33.380 --> 01:35.210 into the Phantom light 01:35.210 --> 01:37.490 and the actual set-up will look like this. 01:37.490 --> 01:39.050 And then, all you need to do 01:39.050 --> 01:39.883 is plug in 01:41.680 --> 01:42.570 make sure you have power 01:42.570 --> 01:43.560 and your good to go 01:43.560 --> 01:45.493 And now to set it and forget it set-up. 01:45.493 --> 01:48.130 We have been using this for the last few days 01:48.130 --> 01:50.560 and we have been able field test it with the C130s, and 01:50.560 --> 01:51.963 C17s successfully. 01:53.128 --> 01:55.160 We are looking now to now just actually (mumbles) that 01:55.160 --> 01:57.639 that is what we are looking for 01:57.639 --> 01:58.720 in Pheonix Spark competition. 01:58.720 --> 02:00.700 One, how much demand is there actually 02:00.700 --> 02:03.520 for this solution 02:03.520 --> 02:06.400 for other teams throughout the Air Force. 02:06.400 --> 02:08.160 Two, should we mass produce it? 02:08.160 --> 02:11.660 Which would take 50-100 thousand dollars to start up 02:11.660 --> 02:15.060 or should we rely on in house expertise 02:15.060 --> 02:17.490 from the Air Force in order to 3D print 02:17.490 --> 02:19.410 each order for each team 02:21.034 --> 02:23.030 and do we actually have that capability 02:23.030 --> 02:24.170 to 3D print these 02:25.270 --> 02:26.590 Thank you for your time 02:26.590 --> 02:29.620 and I look forward to having these answered 02:29.620 --> 02:31.533 through the Phoenix Sparks competition.