NASA Spinoff
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Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources
Micronutrient Formula Strengthens Plants, Increasing Yields
NASA Technology
An apple a day keeps the doctor away—but how do you bring enough apples, and other fresh food, all the way to Mars and back? Given the limits on how...
Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources
Chemical Simulation Software Predicts Climate Change, Air Quality
NASA Technology
For climate scientists, the whole Earth is a laboratory. They need to observe what is happening across the entire planet over long swaths of...
Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources
NASA Kite Invention Spurs Ever-Growing Educational Program
NASA Technology
When an educational agency contacted NASA engineer Geoff Bland in 2010, wondering about a way to monitor ponds and streams where water samples were being...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Planet-Navigating AI “Brain” Helps Drones and Cars Avoid Collisions
NASA Technology
Once you’ve designed a robot that can autonomously explore planetary terrains, putting the same technology in cars, toys, and drones seems...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Early NASA “Dream Computer Program” Still Optimizes Designs
NASA Technology
At the top of the food chain, an apex predator hunts without fear of being hunted. That’s why MSC Software Corporation branded its latest software...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
2D Analysis Software Clarifies Medical, Weather, Intelligence Images
NASA Technology
NASA engineer Semion Kizhner spent an entire week trying to understand the Hilbert-Huang Transform with the colleague who had developed it, but...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Quake Hunter Maps a Century of Quakes Worldwide
NASA Technology
Earthquakes are among the most destructive natural disasters, in terms of death tolls and the cost of recovery. They’re also nearly impossible to predict, but...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Free Aerodynamic Simulation Code Supports Industry, Education
NASA Technology
In the mid-1990s, NASA, the Air Force, and McDonnell Douglas Corporation realized they were duplicating each other’s efforts to make better software...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Software Models Atmosphere for Spacecraft
NASA Technology
When the Curiosity rover made its spectacular landing on Mars, most of the attention was focused on the revolutionary “sky-crane maneuver” that helped slow the...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Software Takes Cost Estimating to the Stars
NASA Technology
When imagining what it takes to design a spacecraft, few people think about the engineering work that goes into getting an accurate cost estimate before the building...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Communication Devices Ease Contact with Commercial Spacecraft
NASA Technology
Scientific experimentation is the central purpose of the International Space Station (ISS), where astronauts work toward answers that will be crucial...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Mission Control Software Manages Commercial Satellite Fleets
NASA Technology
The task of monitoring and diagnosing spacecraft health is getting out of hand.
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
High-Speed Cameras Test Material Performances on Impact
NASA Technology
When something goes wrong in space, the results can be tragic. NASA takes the responsibility of testing to understand past accidents and prevent future ones...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
External Platform Enables Space Research
NASA Technology
Not all the research on the space station happens on the inside. A good portion of the investigations take advantage of the orbiting outpost’s perch some 250 miles above...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
All-in-One Lab Device Gets New Instruments via Software Update
NASA Technology
Devices for testing electronics haven’t changed much in decades, and this presents an inconvenience not just for the engineers using them but for...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
Gold Coating Keeps Oscars Bright
NASA Technology
The Academy Awards ceremony is probably the last place most people would look for NASA technology, but it turns out the Space Agency has had an impact even on the glammest of...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
3D Printer Aims to Accelerate Materials Development
NASA Technology
When Mark Jaster was a brand-new graduate, he landed a coveted job at NASA’s Glenn Research Center after two summer internships there, in the heat treatment...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
Silicon Diode Sensor Tracks Extreme Temperatures
NASA Technology
When people feel sick, they can just grab a drugstore thermometer and pop it in their mouth. But it’s a different story for engineers looking to get an accurate...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
Tunable Liquid Crystals Grab Particles and Cells Using Only Light
NASA Technology
Images taken from high in the sky can offer clues to how well a plant is growing and whether its water needs are being met. The key is in filtering...
Spinoff: Transportation
Hydraulic Carts Streamline Structural Tests for Aircraft
NASA Technology
Facilities for mechanical loads testing of aircraft and spacecraft are often jungles of cables, wiring, and hoses.
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
Shuttle, Hubble Work Lead to Strength in Custom Current Sensors
NASA Technology
When it was built, the Space Shuttle boasted the world’s most complex avionics system. The Shuttle’s controls were entirely digital, with all...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
3D Weaving Technology Strengthens Spacecraft, Race Cars
NASA Technology
Weaving processes created millennia ago have helped create some of the most cutting-edge technology on NASA’s Orion spaceship, helping shield heat for...
Spinoff: Computer Technology
Data Acquisition System Captures Machine Performance
NASA Technology
When you launch rockets, even the smallest deviation from design can create big problems—and they’re hard to fix for next time unless you know exactly what...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
High-Heat Cement Gives Ashes New Life
NASA Technology
When constructing high-performance structures, at NASA or elsewhere, materials made from recycled ingredients might not seem like a good fit. But when it comes to concrete...
Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology
Optical Filters for NASA Imagers Focus on Cutting Edge
NASA Technology
By the time the Hubble Space Telescope launched, NASA engineers had already set their sights on its next upgrade. With camera and detector technologies...
Spinoff: Health and Medicine
Fluorescent Diagnostic Test Readers Offer Fast, Low-Cost Results
NASA Technology
NASA astronauts are screened for sound health, among a slew of other requirements, but no one is invulnerable, especially in space. For reasons not...
Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation
CMOS Sensors Enable Phone Cameras, HD Video
NASA Technology
“People told me, ‘You’re an idiot to work on this,’” Eric Fossum recalls of his early experiments with what was at the time an alternate form of digital image...
Spinoff: Public Safety
Rocket Technology Stops Shaking in Its Tracks
NASA Technology
Rocket launches—or earthquakes—are already punishing experiences. But it turns out there are some things that can make them worse: like if the vibrations hit the...
Spinoff: Health and Medicine
Space-Based Bone Scanner Expands Medical Research
NASA Technology
What happens to bones after months in microgravity? The answers are of keen interest to researchers, who can use the information to offer new insights into healthcare on the ground.
Spinoff: Public Safety
Micromachined Sensors Monitor Train Rails, Predict Failures
NASA Technology
Sensors originally designed to predict failures in a helicopter transmission have found an unexpected use detecting problems in train tracks. When...
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