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NASA Patents and Searchable Database Inspires Spinoff Technology NASA's Technology Transfer Program periodically releases formerly patented technologies to the general public. NASA recently made available more than 50 additional agency technologies, and a searchable database catalogs thousands of NASA patents already in the public domain. |
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So You Want to Go to Mars? NASA Is Recruiting Astronauts Did watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens get you thinking about a career exploring the universe? NASA is on a mission to Mars and is currently accepting applications for the next class of astronauts through February 18, 2016. |
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NASA’s Technology Patents Spin Off to Startups The government is offering startup companies interested in commercial applications of NASA technology the opportunity to license patented NASA technology with no up front payment. Access to intellectual property rights of the full NASA portfolio of active patents and patents pending is available. |
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NASA Challenge: Design a Smartwatch App Interface for Astronauts What if whenever astronauts on the International Space Station check their smartwatch, the interface they depend on was designed by you? As part of NASA’s effort to use crowdsourcing for new technologies, there’s a new NASA Challenge: design a smartwatch app interface for astronauts. |
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NASA FINDER Technology Discovers Life in Nepal Disaster To add to the list of cool technology that’s come from NASA's research, here’s a big one—a search and rescue device that detected the heartbeat of four people trapped beneath 10 feet of rubble in the Nepal earthquake disaster so rescuers could reach them. |
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NASA Wants You to Join the Asteroid Hunters If you’re interested in joining the ranks of asteroid hunters—and have your own telescope—NASA has an app for you. NASA announced new desktop software, developed in partnership with the asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, that analyzes images taken by telescope for potential asteroids. |
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Instead of Texting, Send a Hologram At the recent Microsoft’s Windows 10 event, one of the more intriguing technology announcements was a head-mounted holographic computer: Microsoft HoloLens. According to Microsoft, the headset will let the wearer blend the digital world with the real world to conceptualize and share ideas. |
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NASA and Nissan Partner to Research Self-Driving Vehicles Researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center and Nissan North America’s Silicon Valley Research Center have joined forces with a five-year research and development partnership agreement. The first part of the agreement involves algorithms, concepts, and integrated prototypes for self-driving cars. |
