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    Spinoff 2012: NASA Technologies Benefit Society

    Spinoff 2012 presents remarkable examples of spinoffs providing benefits around the world—saving lives, creating jobs, preserving resources, and more.

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    Down-to-Earth Benefits from Space

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    Modeling What’s Cool

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Spinoff Spotlights
A variety of unpeeled probiotic drinks
Water Treatment Technologies Inspire Healthy Beverages
Mike Johnson, a former technician at Johnson Space Center, drew on his expertise as a wastewater engineer to create a line of kombucha-based probiotic drinks. He founded a company that has now sold more than 6 million units of the NASA-inspired beverage and employs 12 people.
Train tracks being sprayed by ice free switch
Anti-Icing Formulas Prevent Train Delays
Because an airplane must be snow- and ice-free to fly safely, researchers at Ames Research Center devised a solution that prevented ice from sticking to a surface. After licensing the technology for use in anti-icing products for train tracks and switches, the products are now increasing this company’s revenue by $300,000-$600,000 a year.

UE Ultrasound Detector
Ultrasonic Detectors Safely Identify Dangerous, Costly Leaks
To allow inspectors to scan the space shuttle’s hydrogen fuel systems from a safe distance, Kennedy Space Center engineers developed a long-range attachment for an ultrasonic detector. A business licensed the NASA invention to allow workers to safely and accurately pinpoint leaks in factories and other industrial settings, and is providing savings in the millions of dollars.
Professional football player Tim Tebow
Spacesuit Materials Add Comfort to Undergarments
Phase change materials (PCMs) were one of the technologies NASA used to help astronauts maintain a “just right” temperature in their space gloves. A large apparel company recently released a line of men’s and women’s undergarments incorporating the NASA technology.


Technology measuring light in arctic waters
Microradiometers Reveal Ocean Health, Climate Change
Partnering with Goddard Space Flight Center through the SBIR program, a company created modular radiometer instruments that allow scientists to customize the technology for their research. Thanks to its NASA collaboration, the company has garnered more than $2 million in contracts, and the spinoff is being used to monitor the planet’s oceans, climate change, and more.

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