NASA Tech Needs: Medical
NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid spent hundreds of hours exercising during her 188-day stay on the Russian space station Mir in 1996. Although it was her least favorite...
Techs for License: Materials
Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) can be deformed at low temperature and recover their original shape upon heating. New alloys can operate up to ~300 °C, compared to ~80 °C...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Electronic, inexpensive, low-power gas sensors are based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and provide a method for gas detection by...
Techs for License: Aerospace
FACET flexible software helps air traffic control centers improve airline safety and efficiency. It includes programs and databases that...
Techs for License: Electronics & Computers
This technology represents a significant improvement over commercial state-of-the-art magnets. These superconducting magnets are very versatile and can...
Techs for License: Materials
This method offers a way of processing and recycling liquids to remove contaminants. The two-step process provides a contaminant treatment pouch, called a “urine...
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
This technology uses recent advances in Radio Frequency Identification Devices, combined with smart software, to create an electronic firefighter evacuation...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Atomic oxygen oxidizes and removes biologically active contaminants, and reduces the contaminant to an inactive ash. Thus, the contaminant...
Techs for License: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA’s Technology Transfer Program is a true national asset. It brings together the space agency’s most capable problem-solvers with America’s brightest commercial and entrepreneurial leaders in partnerships...
Techs for License: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology provides automated sample handling and movement of coarse-grained powder or other solid materials to enable analysis by a...
Articles: Software
This invention is a system for managing a project that includes multiple tasks and workers. Periodic monthly, task plan, schedule, and budget...
Techs for License: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A handheld laser torch was designed for welding and brazing metals to repair hard-to-reach space shuttle engine nozzles. It incorporates various...
Techs for License: Aerospace
This burner is capable of operating on a variety of gaseous fuels and oxidizers, including hydrogen-air mixtures, with a low pressure...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
IMS software utilizes techniques from model-based reasoning, machine learning, and data mining to build system-monitoring knowledge bases from archived...
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