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
Advanced Systems Map, Monitor, and Manage Earth’s Resources
A “revolution in remote sensing” took place in the mid-1980s, when Dr. Alexander F.H. Goetz and his colleagues at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed a powerful instrument called AVIRIS (Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer), according to Dr. Nicholas Short, author of NASA’s online Remote Sensing Tutorial. AVIRIS extended the capabilities of ground-based spectrometers, enabling the spectrum-detecting instruments to ...
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Sensor Network Provides Environmental Data
The National Biocomputation Center is a joint partnership between the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery and NASA’s Ames Research Center. Founded in 1997, the goal of the Biocomputation Center has been to develop advanced technologies for medicine. Researchers at this center apply 3-D imaging and visualization technologies for ...
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Voltage Controller Saves Energy, Prolongs Life of Motors
In the late 1970s, Frank Nola, an engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, had an idea for reducing energy waste in small induction motors. The idea, a method to electronically adjust the voltage in accordance with the motor’s load, was patented in 1984. The voltage controllers have become known as ...
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Treatment Prevents Corrosion in Steel and Concrete Structures
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is located on prime beachfront property along the Atlantic coast of Florida on Cape Canaveral. While beautiful, this region presents several challenges, like temperamental coastal weather, lightning storms, and salty, corrosive, sea breezes assaulting equipment and the Center’s launch pads. The constant barrage of salty water ...
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Jan 2006
FLIPPER: Validation for Remote Ocean Imaging
PRP: The Proven Solution for Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Progressive Plant Growing Has Business Blooming
Paper-Thin Plastic Film Soaks Up Sun to Create Solar Energy
Jan 2005
Making the Most of Waste EnergyThen Why Do They Call Earth the Blue Planet?
Valiant Zero-Valent Effort Restores Contaminated Grounds
Harnessing the Power of the Sun
Water and Air Measures That Make PureSense
Remote Sensing for Farmers and Flood Watching
Pesticide-Free Device a Fatal Attraction for Mosquitoes
Washing Away the Worries About Germs
Jan 2004
WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS MAKE A BIG SPLASHMULTI-CHANNEL SCALER CARDS IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION
DIESEL GOES DIGITAL TO SAVE ENERGY, LOWER EMISSIONS
SUPPORTING WEATHER DATA
SECURING SAFETY WITH SENSORS
A VIEW FROM ABOVE WITHOUT LEAVING THE GROUND
TREE-MENDOUS TIMBER EVALUATION
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