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Tensile Fabrics for Architecture
Tensile Fabrics for Architecture

A material originally developed for spacesuits can be seen all over the world in stadiums, arenas, airports, pavilions, malls, and…

Voltage Controller
Voltage Controller

A NASA-patented voltage controller has been implemented in all sorts of load-bearing electrical machines, providing only the power needed to…

Cloud-Free Views of Earth
Cloud-Free Views of Earth

If you’ve ever used Google Earth to scope out a location from above, you can thank NASA for the cloud-free…

Water-Mapping Technology
Water-Mapping Technology

Using satellite and other remote-sensing topographical data from NASA, Radar Technologies International developed software that can locate underground water.

Phase-Change Materials
Phase-Change Materials

NASA-funded research on next-generation spacesuits included the development of phase-change materials, which can absorb, hold and release heat to keep…

Cardiac Pump
Cardiac Pump

Hundreds of people in need of a heart transplant have been kept alive thanks to a cardiac pump that was…

NASTRAN
NASTRAN

NASTRAN, software developed to help NASA engineers perform structural analysis in the 1960s, soon became a ubiquitous software tool in…

Safety Grooving
Safety Grooving

NASA first researched safety grooving cut into concrete surfaces by diamond blades to keep aircraft, including the returning space shuttle,…

Food Safety Standards
Food Safety Standards

Looking to ensure the absolute safety of prepackaged foods for spaceflight, NASA partnered with the Pillsbury Company to create a…

Anti-Gravity Treadmill
Anti-Gravity Treadmill

Alter-G Inc. licensed NASA technology in 2005 and commercialized it through an “anti-gravity” treadmill that is now used by a…