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Briefs: Energy
Egyptian blue, derived from calcium copper silicate, was routinely used on ancient depictions of gods and royalty. Previous studies have shown that when Egyptian blue absorbs visible light, it then...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
A company imagines extracting tons of water from an asteroid and using it as fuel to carry the rest back into Earth orbit.
Briefs: Energy
Li-ion Cell Calorimeter
Lithium-ion batteries are an integral part of energy storage systems used in NASA's Exploration program, as well as many modern terrestrial industries. NASA Johnson wanted a better way to measure total and fractional heat response of specific types of Li-ion cells when driven into a thermal runaway condition.
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
NASA research to help astronauts sleep better in space has led to discoveries about how short, or blue, wavelengths can get in the way of a good night's rest.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Soft, 3D-printed structures have been created whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings. The structures that can be magnetically manipulated...
NASA Spinoff: Electronics & Computers
NASA and the military aim to make commercially viable, all-electric passenger aircraft a reality.
Articles: Automotive
Chris Urmson helped give birth to vehicle autonomy. His new company, Aurora, is leading the technology to maturity and widespread adoption. Read on to learn more about this visionary's view.
Briefs: Propulsion
NASA's Langley Research Center has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle concept for long-range, distributed aerial presence and delivery applications. This aircraft concept is capable of...
NASA Spinoff: Wearables
Technology used to monitor NASA's astronauts has pushed forward wearable technology here on Earth
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Check valves are traditionally designed as a simple poppet/spring system where the spring is designed to equal the force created from the sealing area of the valve seat multiplied by the...
NASA Spinoff: Energy
NASA recently sent into space organisms that might sound like they came from space to begin with—microbes that can essentially breathe electricity.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Automated Conflict Resolution for Air Traffic Control (AAC) Versions 1 and 2
A conflict resolution algorithm that can provide automated separation assurance for the next-generation air traffic control system has been developed. The algorithm generates resolution trajectories that can be sent to the aircraft from a ground-based system via a data...
NASA Spinoff: Photonics/Optics
With SBIR funding from Ames Research Center, Applied Spectra was able to build the first device that uses laser ablation to detect different isotopes of an element.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Prescription drugs have enabled millions of Americans with chronic medical conditions to live longer and more fulfilling lives, but many promising new drugs never make it to the...
NASA Spinoff: Photonics/Optics
A company in Sunnyvale, California will help NASA by creating small, portable optical atomic clocks,
Briefs: Imaging
Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machines can be susceptible to tow-tape defects such as gaps and overlaps. These can reduce strength between 7% and 32%....
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
Did you know that the tire-pressure sensor in your car today got its start on the Shuttle?
Facility Focus: Energy
NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) has been a leader in human space exploration for more than half a century. Established in 1961 in Houston, TX as the Manned Spacecraft Center, the center...
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA Technology
Anybody who has ever tried to hold a camera steady for a long exposure in low light knows exactly what inevitably happens: the camera shakes, and the image blurs. The same can...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Radiology workers are regularly exposed to low doses of radiation when they obtain patient imagery such as X-rays. While protective gear largely keeps workers within a safe range of...
NASA Spinoff: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Medtronic’s left ventricular leads are the thinnest on the market, thanks to a coating based on a NASA license.
Articles: Regulations/Standards
These federal guidelines create a conceptual challenge, as they remind states of the limits of their power while being — controversially — non-binding on automotive manufacturers and suppliers.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Lamina emergent compliant mechanisms (including origami-adapted compliant mechanisms) are mechanical devices that can be fabricated from a planar material (a lamina) and have motion that...
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineer Mark Wadsworth custom-built specialized imagers based on charge-coupled device (CCD) arrays.
Products: Electronics & Computers
EFCO, San Diego, CA, introduced the SmartSL Plus embedded box computer with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) capability. Powered by the 3rd Gen (Bay Trail) Intel® Atom™ or Celeron® processor, the fanless, cable-less computer...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
NASA Technology
Methane is everywhere on Earth, for better and for worse. Among other things, it’s the main ingredient in the natural gas that powers heating, cooking, and electricity. It’s also a potent...
Briefs: Medical
Spine deformities, such as idiopathic scoliosis and kyphosis (also known as “hunchback”), are characterized by an abnormal curvature in the spine. The children with these spinal...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
What do naval anti-missile guns, infant incubators, and high-end paintball guns have in common? All these technologies employ a NASA-developed tank.
News: Energy
The 2019 Hyundai Nexo is a distinctively styled and luxurious C-class SUV based upon Hyundai’s first fully dedicated fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) platform. A technological flagship...
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