Spinoff: Public Safety

Fighting Corrosion

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Reinforced concrete structures such as bridges, parking decks, and balconies are designed to have a service life of over 50 years. All too often, however, many...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Approaching Suspicious Substances Safely

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

A mineral identification tool that was developed for NASA's Mars Rover Technology Development program is now serving as a powerful tool for U.S....

Spinoff: Public Safety

Understanding Fire Through Improved Technology

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

By studying fire through the science of combustion physics, scientists and researchers from NASA, academia, and private industry find new...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Secure Networks for First Responders and Special Forces

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

When NASA needed help better securing its communications with orbiting satellites, the Agency called on Western DataCom Co., Inc.,...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Technology That's Ready and Able to Inspect Those Cables

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Attempting to locate a malfunctioning wire in a complex bundle of wires or in a cable that is concealed behind a wall is as...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Lightning Often Strikes Twice

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Contrary to popular misconception, lightning often strikes the same place twice. Certain conditions are just ripe for a bolt of electricity to come zapping...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Keeping the Air Clean and Safe—An Anthrax Smoke Detector

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Scientists at work in the Planetary Protection division at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) sterilize everything before...

Spinoff: Public Safety

All-Terrain Intelligent Robot Braves Battlefront to Save Lives

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

As NASA's lead center for creating robotic spacecraft and rovers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) builds smart machines...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Feeling Well Rested and Wide Awake When it Counts

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Responding to a congressional concern about aviation safety, NASA's Ames Research Center created the Ames Fatigue/Jet Lag Program in 1980...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Fire-Resistant Reinforcement Makes Steel Structures Sturdier

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

In preparing to send man to the Moon in the 1960s, no detail was too small for NASA to consider when it came to ensuring that...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Clean Water for Remote Locations

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Water is indispensable for human health and well-being. A person cannot live for more than a few days without clean, drinkable water. It is, therefore,...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Water Vapor Sensors Go Sky-High to Assure Aircraft Safety

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

A laser diode is a semiconductor-based laser used to generate analog signals or digital pulses for transmission through optical...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Smoke Mask

Smoke inhalation injury from the noxious products of fire combustion accounts for as much as 80 percent of fire-related deaths in the United States. Many of these deaths are preventable. Smoke Mask, Inc. (SMI), of Myrtle...