Abstract:
Drawing upon NASA's R&D investments and other leading sources of technological innovation, NASA is continually seeking to develop and enhance activities with U.S. commercial enterprises to develop technology that is both applicable to NASA mission needs and contributes to commercial competitiveness in global markets. This is why NASA facilitates the transfer and commercialization of NASA-sponsored research and technology, including the industrial use of unique NASA R&D capabilities and facilities.
Introduction:
In the paper below, we will summarize some of the most recent NASA spin-offs in a variety of departments. The NASA Spin-offs feature different products of NASA technologies. Hence the paper presents an overview of the advancements made by NASA in different fields i.e. from Computer Technology to Industrial development and Consumer and Home Recreation technologies.
Computer Technology - NASA Spin-offs: Computer-based scheduling system that uses artificial intelligence to manage thousands of overlapping activities involved in launch preparations of NASA's Space Shuttles. The NASA technology was licensed to a new company which developed commercial applications that provide real-time planning and optimization of manufacturing operations, integrated supply chains, and customer orders
onsumer/Home/Recreation - NASA Spin-offs:
A new refrigeration improves the cooling capacity of refrigeration systems by 20% (“Promising new Products” 1). Waste purifiers use natural sunlight to trigger the microbial process of waste degradation and odor reduction (“Promising new products” 1). A new laundry system uses less water and cleaning agents (“New Commercial Applications” 1). Rotary engine coating “cuts fuel consumption and reduces emissions” (“New Commercial Applications” 1). Robotic paint removers, who can work on big structures such as ships, greatly reduce the human work expended in paint removal (“Spin-offs” 1). New 3D software can test strength and durability of structural parts in cars and planes faster than existing technology (“Spin-offs” 1)............
