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Facility Focus: Research Lab
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) began operations in 1923 as the United States Navy's first modern research institution, and it continues today as one of the Navy's premier R&D resources. NRL's early 20th...
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Briefs: Medical
Hydrostatic Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Chamber
A hyperbaric chamber has been designed to achieve the goals of maximizing safety, minimizing complexity, and minimizing cost of hyperbaric chamber therapy. This design minimizes the volume of compressed gas in the chamber, and eliminates the need for complex gas mixing, carbon dioxide scrubbing,...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
Wildfires that start in backcountry areas sometimes burn for hours before being detected and reported. Satellites offer a vantage point from which infrared sensors can detect fires. Individual satellites in...
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Articles: Propulsion
Orbital Technologies Corp. (ORBITEC) of Madison, WI, has been a longtime NASA partner, working with the Agency on numerous projects, many through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
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Application Briefs: Physical Sciences
A combustion experiment jointly designed by scientists and engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is...
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Articles: Automotive
IndyCar racing features some of the most technologically sophisticated automobiles in the world today. Weighing just 1,565 pounds and powered by single- or twin-turbocharged 2.2L V6 engines that produce...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Self-Rupturing Hermetic Valve
For commercial, military, and aerospace applications, low-cost, small, reliable, and lightweight gas and liquid hermetically sealed valves with post initiation on/off capability are highly desirable for pressurized systems. Applications include remote fire suppression, single-use system-pressurization systems,...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
(Winner of an HP Workstation) Digital Window Distributed Imaging Camera Ellen Cargill, Peter Jones, and Dennis Purcell Boston, MA Scallop Imaging’s seven-megapixel...
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Stat-X fire suppression system Fireaway LLC Minnetonka, MN 952-935-9745 http://statx.com When NASA Kennedy Space Center’s fire safety experts decided to replace the fire suppression...
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