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,...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Infrared Imaging Sharpens View in Critical Situations

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

The Microgravity Combustion Science group at NASA's Glenn Research Center studies how fire and combustible liquids and gasses behave...

Spinoff: Public Safety

Plants Clean Air and Water for Indoor Environments

Although one of NASA's goals is to send people to the far reaches of our universe, it is still well known that people need Earth. We understand that humankind's existence relies on its...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Corrosive Gas Restores Artwork, Promises Myriad Applications

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Short wavelength solar radiation in the space environment just outside of the Earth's atmosphere produces atomic oxygen. This...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Detailed Globes Enhance Education and Recreation

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Earth from space—swirling wisps of white against a backdrop of deep azure, punctuated with brown and green swatches of land, all etched...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Food Supplement Reduces Fat, Improves Flavor

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

During the Mercury missions, astronauts ate terrible food: freeze- dried powders and semi-liquids in aluminum tubes. Decades later, though,...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

Additive Transforms Paint into Insulation

The heat generated by wind resistance and engine exhaust during the launch of a space shuttle is potentially damaging to the casings on the solid rocket boosters, which provide over two-thirds of...

Spinoff: Consumer, Home, and Recreation

New Lubricants Protect Machines and the Environment

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

The Mobile Launcher Platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is a two-story steel structure that provides a transportable launch base...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Advanced Systems Map, Monitor, and Manage Earth’s Resources

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

A "revolution in remote sensing" took place in the mid-1980s, when Dr. Alexander F.H. Goetz and his colleagues at the Jet...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Sensor Network Provides Environmental Data

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

The National Biocomputation Center is a joint partnership between the Stanford University School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and NASA's...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Voltage Controller Saves Energy, Prolongs Life of Motors

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

In the late 1970s, Frank Nola, an engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, had an idea for reducing energy waste in small...

Spinoff: Environmental and Agricultural Resources

Treatment Prevents Corrosion in Steel and Concrete Structures

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

NASA's Kennedy Space Center is located on prime beachfront property along the Atlantic coast of Florida on Cape Canaveral....

Spinoff: Computer Technology

Optics Program Simplifies Analysis and Design

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Future spaceborne astronomy missions will require telescopes with increasingly greater power, driving the dimensions of the optics and their...

Spinoff: Computer Technology

Hybrid Modeling Improves Health and Performance Monitoring

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Scientists and engineers have long used computers to model physical systems. Physical modeling is a major part of design and...

Spinoff: Computer Technology

Design Application Translates 2-D Graphics to 3-D Surfaces

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

When it comes to solving some of NASA’s most challenging technical problems, the mathematical minds that make up the...

Spinoff: Computer Technology

Software Sharing Enables Smarter Content Management

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

As NASA’s leading organization for information sciences, the Intelligent Systems Division at Ames Research Center conducts...

Spinoff: Computer Technology

Engineering Software Suite Validates System Design

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

Design errors are costly. When it comes to creating complex systems for aerospace design and testing system readiness, engineering...

Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology

Open-Lattice Composite Design Strengthens Structures

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

NASA has invested considerable time and energy working with academia and private industry to develop new composite structures that are...

Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology

Ultra-Sensitive Photoreceiver Boosts Data Transmission

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

In June 2006, NASA scientists used extensive data transmitted from the Chandra X-ray Observatory deep space telescope to prove that...

Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology

Portable Hyperspectral Imaging Broadens Sensing Horizons

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

All objects reflect a certain amount of energy, even if it is just the electromagnetic energy created by the movement of...

Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology

Micro Machining Enhances Precision Fabrication

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

In President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 State of the Union address, he announced plans for a U.S. space station, the equivalent of the Russian...

Spinoff: Industrial Productivity & Manufacturing Technology

Hypersonic Composites Resist Extreme Heat and Stress

Originating Technology/NASA Contribution

On October 14, 1947, Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager made history when he became the first pilot in an officially documented flight...