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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Many applications require detection of both very small and very large signals. High-gain detector amplifiers provide low noise, but are easily swamped by large signals. Logarithmic amplifiers provide a wide...
NASA Spinoff: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The commercial potential of aerogels only really got a jumpstart after a NASA-funded project figured out how to turn the famously brittle material into something useful.
Briefs: Materials
New Material Composition Withstands Extreme Impact and Temperature
A super-strong alloy of copper and tantalum was created that can withstand extreme impact and temperature, providing high strength and good electrical conductivity. The alloy is a model system with structure that can be passed on to other alternative material systems. Materials...
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
When Ames Research Center built Sustainability Base, it wanted the building to produce at least as much energy as it consumed.
Briefs: Medical
A controllable material was developed that can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing it to morph into a different shape before fully...
NASA Spinoff: Software
NASA uses a variety of tools to create simulations. The Distributed Observer Network (DON) can read and display any of them.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Device for Providing Real-Time Rotorcraft Noise Abatement Information
Rotorcraft typically operate near the ground throughout the duration of the operation. For this reason, military rotorcraft are vulnerable to acoustic detection, and public acceptance of civil rotorcraft is limited by annoyance caused by rotor noise radiation. The purpose of this...
NASA Spinoff: Lighting
The Phytofy system’s lighting capability allows NASA researchers on Earth to simulate the lighting capabilities of a garden on the ISS.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
For many highly stressed engineering applications like bearings and gears, contaminated steel parts can lead to devastating outcomes such as an emergency shutdown or the end of a mission. Ensuring that these critical...
NASA Spinoff: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The founders of Wynd, a start-up that makes personal air purifiers, didn’t particularly have space exploration on the brain when they built their prototype.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Detecting the nuances of nonverbal communication between individuals will allow robots to serve in social spaces, enabling them to perceive what people around them are doing, what moods they are...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Ames Research Center scientists created a protective coating capable of withstanding temperatures up to 3,000 °F.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
In traditional hardwired avionics systems, sensor integration requires installation of literally tons of physical cable that significantly increases vehicle weight and the time...
NASA Spinoff: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Although NASA has sent many missions to Mars, nothing, so far, has ever come back. That’s something the Agency hopes to change.
Briefs: Imaging
A device that shows the difference between healthy fingers and arthritic fingers has been developed that combines ultrasound and photoacoustics medical imaging techniques. Combining these...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
NASA’s findings on the importance of roots and microorganisms has helped manufacturers here on Earth.
What We’re Driving: Power
The new Avalon, Toyota’s most “American” car, is a car that feels larger inside than it is. It’s stable and feels planted on the road. It’s a great highway cruiser.
NASA Spinoff: Software
Spinoff is NASA's annual publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. This commercialization has contributed to the development of products and services in the...
NASA Spinoff: Information Technology
Did you know software originally developed for NASA missions can be used in online advertising?
Briefs: Medical
Infrared motion detectors can cover only a limited amount of space, a person has to be within the detector's line of sight to be detected, and lights can go off when a person remains still...
NASA Spinoff: Communications
See how NASA has played a role in precision GPS.
Articles: Energy
Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe isn’t claiming he’s developed the formula for cold fusion, but it’s possible he’s found the formula to make electric vehicles truly resonate with mainstream America.
Briefs: Aerospace
NASA's Glenn Research Center developed a novel means of articulating the outboard portion of an aircraft wing to create the optimal geometry for given flight conditions. The Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW) concept employs a...
NASA Spinoff: Information Technology
See how NASA's micro-coil spring interconnectors are being used here on Earth.
Articles: Software
Modeling and simulation are becoming a more critical factor in automotive design, particularly in subjective areas like passenger-cabin sound quality and complex newer technologies like battery management.
Application Briefs: Automotive
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The demand for innovation is universal across industries, as new products are required to meet higher performance standards without slowing the overall...
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA Technology
Most people enjoy an icy drink on a hot summer day without thinking about the physics happening inside the glass. But the phase-change reaction—in this case, as...
Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tier 1 driveline systems supplier American Axle & Manufacturing currently has Quantum, its all-new family of lightweight beam axles with aluminum center housing, in customer evaluations. AE asked AAM's Jeffrey Nichols to explain the NASA technology inside the Quantum "pumpkin."
Briefs: Medical
Researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.
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Ask the Expert
Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.
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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.