Spinoff: Public Safety

Polymer Fabric Protects Firefighters, Military, and Civilians

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Insulating and protecting astronauts from temperature extremes, from the 3 K (-455 °F) of deep space to the...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Advanced X-Ray Sources Ensure Safe Environments

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Successfully sustaining life in space requires closely monitoring the environment to ensure the health of the crew....

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Wireless Fluid-Level Measurement System Equips Boat Owners

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

While developing a measurement acquisition system to be used to retrofit aging aircraft with vehicle health...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Mars Cameras Make Panoramic Photography a Snap

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

If you wish to explore a Martian landscape without leaving your armchair, a few simple clicks around the NASA Web site will...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Experiments Advance Gardening at Home and in Space

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Aeroponics, the process of growing plants suspended in air without soil or media, provides clean, efficient, and rapid...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Historic Partnership Captures Our Imagination

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Timeless, beautiful, and haunting images: A delicate blue marble floating in the black sea of space; a brilliant white...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Outboard Motor Maximizes Power and Dependability

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Developed by Jonathan Lee, a structural materials engineer at Marshall Space Flight Center, and PoShou Chen, a scientist...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Space Age Swimsuit Reduces Drag, Breaks Records

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

A space shuttle and a competitive swimmer have a lot more in common than people might realize: Among other forces, both...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Immersive Photography Renders 360º Views

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

NASA uses 3-D immersive photography and video for guiding space robots, in the space shuttle and International Space Station...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Space Research Fortifies Nutrition Worldwide

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

In addition to the mammoth engineering challenge posed by launching a cargo-laden craft into space for a long-distance...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Aerogels Insulate Missions and Consumer Products

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Recently, NASA’s Stardust mission used a block of aerogel to catch high-speed comet particles and specks of...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Computer Model Locates Environmental Hazards

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Since 1972, Landsat satellites have collected information about Earth from space. Specialized digital photographs of...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Battery Technology Stores Clean Energy

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Affordable and reliable clean energy has been a tantalizing, but elusive, quarry. Featured in Spinoff 1985 and pioneered by...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Robots Explore the Farthest Reaches of Earth and Space

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

“We were the first that ever burst/Into that silent sea,” the title character recounts in Samuel Taylor...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Portable Nanomesh Creates Safer Drinking Water

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Providing astronauts with clean water is essential to space exploration to ensure the health and well-being of crewmembers...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Innovative Stemless Valve Eliminates Emissions

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

The past, present, and future of NASA launch and space travel technologies are steeped in the icy realm of cryogenics. NASA...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Web-Based Mapping Puts the World at Your Fingertips

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

NASA’s award-winning Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software (ELAS) package was developed at Stennis Space...

Spinoff: Health and Medicine

Circulation-Enhancing Device Improves CPR

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Ever stand up too quickly from a sitting or lying position and feel dizzy or disoriented for a brief moment? The downward push of Earth's gravity...

Spinoff: Health and Medicine

Noninvasive Test Detects Cardiovascular Disease

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

For decades now, NASA has been sending spacecraft throughout the galaxy. Once in the cosmos, these crafts use advanced cameras to create...

Spinoff: Health and Medicine

Scheduling Accessory Assists Patients with Cognitive Disorders

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Neuropsychology is the study of how the brain relates to behavior, emotion, and cognition. Clinical neuropsychologists...

Spinoff: Health and Medicine

Hand-Held Instrument Fights Acne, Tops Over-the-Counter Market

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

When the U.S. Congress created NASA in 1958, it sought to ensure that the Nation saw returns on its investments in aerospace...

Spinoff: Health and Medicine

Multispectral Imaging Broadens Cellular Analysis

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

How does life begin and evolve? Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? What is the future of life on Earth and beyond?

Spinoff: Health and Medicine

Hierarchical Segmentation Enhances Diagnostic Imaging

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Developed by Dr. James Tilton, a computer engineer with Goddard Space Flight Center's Computational and Information Sciences and...

Spinoff: Transportation

Comprehensive Software Eases Air Traffic Management

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Gridlock, bottlenecks, bumper-to-bumper jams—we all get caught in congestion at one time or another, as the rigors of road traffic...

Spinoff: Transportation

Modeling Tool Advances Rotorcraft Design

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

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...

Spinoff: Transportation

Air Data Report Improves Flight Safety

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Aviation is one of the safest means of transportation, but aviation safety professionals always work to make it safer. When flights operate...

Spinoff: Transportation

Deicing System Protects General Aviation Aircraft

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Ice accumulation is a serious safety hazard for aircraft. The presence of ice on airplane surfaces prevents the even flow of air, which...

Spinoff: Transportation

Advanced Airfoils Boost Helicopter Performance

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Advanced rotorcraft airfoils developed by U.S. Army engineers working with NASA's Langley Research Center were part of the Army's risk...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Chemical-Sensing Cables Detect Potential Threats

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

As fleets of aircraft age, corrosion of metal parts becomes a very real economic and safety concern. Corrosive agents like moisture, salt,...