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NASA’s Latest Techs in Energy, Materials, Biomed, Sensors, Electronics, & Propulsion Are Available at Dec. 2nd Showcase

NASA Glenn Technology Showcase is December 2ndIf you are with a high-tech, manufacturing, or other company in Ohio, you won’t want to miss the NASA Glenn Research Center Technology Showcase in Cleveland on Friday, December 2nd. (Follow #GlennTechShow on Twitter.) At this 1-day event, the Agency will be showing off more than 30 cutting-edge technologies and capabilities that have commercial applications. These technologies/capabilities can be used to create new business opportunities in several fields… Continue reading

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A NASA Dryden Fiber Optic Technology Makes Its Way into the Marketplace

 As you might have noticed from Fuentek’s news feed or on R&D Magazine‘s Web site, NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has signed a licensing deal with 4DSP. I for one am pretty excited about this tech transfer success because Fuentek has supported Dryden in this effort. Long-time readers of our blog might remember our post about Dryden’s fiber optic shape sensors technology. But our support of Dryden didn’t begin there. We actually started off with a market-based assessment of the technology’s suite of innovations. Continue reading

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Sis-BOOM-bah: NASA Technology Lets Pilots Control the Impact of Sonic Booms

When first introduced in 1976, supersonic commercial air travel promised Superman-like speed to commercial airlines and the flying public. At least, that was the idea. But when the aircraft traveled faster than the speed of sound, they generated thunderous sonic … Continue reading

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NASA’s Copolymer Gel Electrolyte versus SpongeBob SquarePants? No Contest!

NASA inventor Dean Tigelaar displays copolymer gel electrolyte. Editor’s note: This technology is no longer available for licensing. Most people have heard of the cartoon phenomenon SpongeBob SquarePants®. The extremely energetic and optimistic sponge lives in a pineapple under the … Continue reading

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New Tech Enables Color E-Paper, Flexible Electronics, and More

Kolon Industries, Inc.—one of Fuentek’s technology transfer clients—has developed a transparent, flexible, colorless polyimide material that will revolutionize a wide range of electronics applications. And attendees at next week’s 10th Annual Flexible Electronics and Displays show in Phoenix, Arizona will … Continue reading

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NASA’s Compact, Lightweight Gas Sensor Available for Licensing

NASA photo Innovators at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center have developed a compact, lightweight gas sensor that the agency’s technology transfer program is making available for licensing. Using interferometric and spectroscopic techniques, the sensor measures gas density, temperature, species determination, … Continue reading

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NASA Seeks Partner for Non-Destructive Evaluation for Friction Stir Welding

The Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is looking for a partner that can provide information and expertise to support a study of how defects are created during various friction stir welding (FSW) techniques. In addition, … Continue reading

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NASA Seeks Partner for Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Materials

The Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is looking for a partner that can provide information and expertise to support a study of how defects are created in composite materials during their fabrication, testing, and use. … Continue reading

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Mind the Gap: NASA Technology Offers Expanded Sensing Capabilities for Dozens of Applications

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has developed a novel position sensor with gap-sensing capabilities that, when combined with three other new technologies, provides a wide range of new sensor tools. Each of the technologies included in this suite provides a … Continue reading

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R&D 100 Awards Point to Revolutionary NASA Antenna Concept

The thin-film ferroelectric High-Resolution Scanning Reglectarray Antenna is pictured above. A revolutionary antenna concept developed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center enables electronically steerable, high data-rate communications for NASA missions and non-NASA commercial communications applications. The technology’s innovation has been recognized … Continue reading

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