Since its inception in 1976, Spinoff has featured myriad award-winning technologies that have been recognized by NASA and industry as forerunners in innovation. Here is a chronology of these winners, including the year(s) they were featured in Spinoff and the year they were awarded one (or more) of the following:
R&D 100 
The R&D 100 Awards were established by R&D Magazine in 1963 to pick the 100 most technologically significant new products invented each year. For 48 years, the prestigious R&D 100 Awards have been helping provide new products with the needed recognition for success in the marketplace.
Space Technology Hall of Fame 
The Space Foundation and NASA created the Space Technology Hall of Fame in 1988. The award recognizes the life-changing technologies emerging from America’s space programs; honors the scientists, engineers, and innovators responsible; and communicates to the American public the significance of these technologies as a return on investment in their Space Program.
NASA Invention of the Year 
Since 1990, through the NASA Invention of the Year Award, the NASA Office of the General Counsel, in partnership with the NASA Inventions and Contributions Board, have recognized and rewarded inventors of exceptional, cutting-edge NASA technologies that have been patented in the United States.
NASA Software of the Year 
Established in 1994, the NASA Software of the Year Award is given to those programmers and developers who have created outstanding software for the Agency.
| Spinoff 2010 | Technology | R&D 100 | Space Technology Hall of Fame | NASA Invention of the Year | NASA Software of the Year |
1976, 1977, 1981, 2002, 2005 |
Memory Foam |
1998 |
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1976 |
Improved Firefighter’s Breathing System |
1988 |
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1977, 1979, 1983, 1989, 2004 |
Liquid-Cooled Garments |
1993 |
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1978, 1990, 2009 |
Fabric Roof Structures |
1989 |
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1978, 1981, 1983, 2005 |
Phase-Insensitive Ultrasonic Transducer |
1978 |
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1981 |
Cordless Tools |
1989 |
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1983, 1986 |
PMR-15 Polyimide Resin |
1977 |
1991 |
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1984, 1996 |
Scratch Resistant Lenses |
1989 |
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1985, 2008 |
Redox Energy Storage System |
1979 |
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1985 |
Safety Grooving |
1990 |
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1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2008 |
Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software (ELAS) |
1992 |
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1987, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2010 |
Eagle Eyes Sunglasses |
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2010 |
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1988, 2006, 2010 |
Radiant Barrier |
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1996 |
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1988 |
Sewage Treatment With Water Hyacinths |
1988 |
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1989 |
Data Acquisition and Control System Model 9450/CAMAC |
1986 |
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1990 |
NASA Structural Analysis (NASTRAN) Computer Software |
1988 |
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1991 |
Heart Defibrillator Energy Source |
1999 |
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1992 |
Dexterous Hand Master (DHM) |
1989 |
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1994 |
Ballistic Electron Emission Microscope (BEEM) |
1990 |
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1994, 2008 |
Omniview Motionless Camera |
1993 |
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1994 |
Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Technology |
1997 |
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1995 |
1100C Virtual Window |
1994 |
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1995, 2006, 2008 |
Microbial Check Valve |
2007 |
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1996 |
Anti-Shock Trousers |
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1996 |
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1996, 2004 |
Tetrahedral Unstructured Software System (TetrUSS) |
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1996 |
Automated Hydrogen Gas Leak Detector |
1995 |
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1996 |
Ceramics Analysis and Reliability Evaluation of Structures/ Life (CARES/Life) |
1995 |
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1994 |
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1996 |
Memory Short Stack Semiconductor |
1994 |
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1997, 2004, 2009 |
Outlast Smart Fabric Technology |
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2005 |
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1997 |
Foster-Miller Fiber Optic Polymer Reaction Monitor |
1990 |
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1997, 2007 |
Power Factor Controller |
1988 |
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1997 |
Reaction/Momentum Wheel: Apparatus for Providing Torque and for Storing Momentum Energy |
1998 |
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1998, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
Flexible Aerogel Superinsulation |
2003 |
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1998 |
Data Matrix Symbology |
2001 |
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1999, 2010 |
Active Pixel Sensor |
1999 |
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1999 |
DeltaTherm 1000 |
1994 |
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1999 |
Superex Tube Extrusion Process |
1995 |
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1999, 2010 |
Precision GPS Software System |
2004 |
2000 |
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1999 |
Process for Preparing Transparent Aromatic Polyimide Film |
1999 |
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1999 |
Tempest Server |
1999 |
1998 |
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2000 |
Genoa: A Progressive Failure Analysis Software System |
2000 |
1999 |
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2000 |
Humanitarian Demining Device |
2003 |
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2001 |
Composite Matrix Resins and Adhesives (PETI-5) |
1998 |
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2001 |
LARC PETI-5 Polyimide Resin |
1997 |
1998 |
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2001 |
The SeaWiFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) |
2003 |
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2001 |
TOR Polymers |
2000 |
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2001 |
Video Image Stabilization and Registration (VISAR) |
2001 |
2002 |
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2002 |
Automatic Implantable Cardiovertor Defibrillator |
1991 |
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2002 |
DeBakey Rotary Blood Pump (Ventricular Assist Device-VAD) |
1999 |
2001 |
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2002 |
Hybrid Ice Protection System |
2003 |
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2002 |
Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) |
2001 |
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2002 |
Virtual Window |
2003 |
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2003 |
Cart3D |
2002 |
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2003 |
Cochlear Implant |
2003 |
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2003 |
Generalized Fluid System Simulation Program |
2001 |
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2003 |
LADARVision 4000 |
2004 |
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2003 |
MedStar Monitoring System |
2004 |
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2003 |
Personal Cabin Pressure Altitude Monitor and WarningSystem |
2003 |
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2003, 2007, 2010 |
Portable-Hyperspectral Imaging Systems |
2005 |
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2004 |
InnerVue Diagnostic Scope System |
2005 |
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2004 |
Land Information System (LIS) v. 4.0 |
2005 |
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2004, 2009 |
NanoCeram Superfilters |
2002 |
2005 |
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2004 |
Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) |
2001 |
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2004 |
Photrodes for Electrophysiological Monitoring |
2002 |
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2005 |
PS/PM300 High-Temperature Solid Lubricant Coatings |
2003 |
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2005 |
iROBOT PackBOT Tactical Mobile Robot |
2006 |
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2005, 2008 |
Light-Emitting Diodes for Medical Applications |
2000 |
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2005 |
Numerical Evaluation of Stochastic Structures Under Stress (NESSUS) |
2005 |
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2005 |
THUNDER Actuators |
1996 |
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2005, 2010 |
Zero-Valent Metal Emulsion for Reductive Dehalogenation of DNAPL-Phase Environmental Contaminants |
2007 |
2005 |
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2006 |
Novariant RTK AutoFarm AutoSteer |
2006 |
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2006 |
Petroleum Remediation Product |
2008 |
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2007 |
Advanced Lubricants |
2000 |
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2007 |
Atomic Oxygen System for Art Restoration |
2002 |
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2007 |
Future Air Traffic Management Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET) |
2006 |
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2007 |
Macro-Fiber Composite Actuator |
2000 |
2007 |
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2007 |
ResQPOD: Circulation-Enhancing Device |
2008 |
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2007 |
ArterioVision: Noninvasive Cardiovascular Disease Detection |
2008 |
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2008 |
DMBZ-15 High-Temperature Polyimide |
2003 |
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2008 |
LaRC-SI: Soluble Imide |
1995 |
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2008 |
Wireless Measurement Acquisition System |
2006 |
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2008 |
Optical Backscatter Reflectometer |
2007 |
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2008 |
Aerodynamic Vehicle Design Technology |
2009 |
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2009 |
Cryo-Tracker Probe |
2001 |
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2009 |
PETI-330 Resin |
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2008 |
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2009 |
FPF-44 Polyimide Foam |
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2007 |
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2009 |
RP-46 Polyimide Resin |
1992 |
2004 |
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2010 |
Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings |
2007 |
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2010 |
Subaperture Stitching Interferometer |
2008 |
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2010 |
Hilbert-Huang Transform |
2001 |
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2003 |
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2010 |
Inflatable Satellite Communication System |
2010 |
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2010 |
Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) |
2010 |
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