Spinoff is NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. For more than 40 years, the NASA Innovative Partnerships Program has facilitated the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector, benefiting global competition and the economy. The resulting commercialization has contributed to the development of commercial products and services in the fields of health and medicine, industry, consumer goods, transportation, public safety, computer technology, and environmental resources. Since 1976, Spinoff has featured between 40 and 50 of these commercial products annually.
Jan 2008
Comprehensive Software Eases Air Traffic Management
Gridlock, bottlenecks, bumper-to-bumper jams—we all get caught in congestion at one time or another, as the rigors of road traffic are an inevitable part of life. Sometimes we do our best to get ahead, taking advantage of the slightest opening in the next lane, in anticipation that it is moving quicker than the snail’s pace of our current position. Other ...
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Modeling Tool Advances Rotorcraft Design
Often times, when people think of NASA, they think of space travel. The first “A” in NASA, however, is for “Aeronautics,” and the Agency has always held as one of its tenets to explore, define, and solve issues in aircraft design. Just as often as NASA is associated with ...
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Air Data Report Improves Flight Safety
Aviation is one of the safest means of transportation, but aviation safety professionals always work to make it safer. When flights operate outside of the norm, analysts perk up, as these flights are perhaps also operating outside the realm of safety. These out-of-the- ordinary flights, or atypicalities, are, therefore, the ...
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Advanced Airfoils Boost Helicopter Performance
Advanced rotorcraft airfoils developed by U.S. Army engineers working with NASA’s Langley Research Center were part of the Army’s risk reduction program for the LHX (Light Helicopter Experimental), the forerunner of the Comanche helicopter. The helicopter’s airfoils were designed as part of the Army’s basic research program and were ...
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Deicing System Protects General Aviation Aircraft
Ice accumulation is a serious safety hazard for aircraft. The presence of ice on airplane surfaces prevents the even flow of air, which increases drag and reduces lift. Ice on wings is especially dangerous during takeoff, when a sheet of ice the thickness of a compact disc can reduce lift ...
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Jan 2006
Steering Aircraft Clear of Choppy Air
Advanced Air Data Systems for Commercial Aircraft
NASA Helps Design the "Cockpit of the Future"
Jan 2005
Hydrogen Sensors Boost Hybrids; Today's Models Losing Gas?3-D Highway in the Sky
Popping a Hole in High-Speed Pursuits
Monitoring Wake Vortices for More Efficient Airports
From Rockets to Racecars
Jan 2004
REDUCING THE TIME AND COST OF TESTING ENGINESNEW OUTBOARD MOTOR FIRING ON ALL PISTONS
THE PERFECT MATE FOR SAFE FUELING
BRINGING IN THE REINFORCEMENTS
Jan 2003
InFlight Weather Forecasts at Your FingertipsPutting Safety First in the Sky
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