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![Battery-powered devices, from scooters to cell phones to cars are gaining in popularity around the world. KULR’s heat management and battery safety to cars, are testing products, developed with and by NASA, help make safer and more powerful batteries for these applications. A woman and a child on an electric scooter](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2020_Images_cg_6.jpg?itok=cyv8Cyqb)
![Battery-powered devices, from scooters to cell phones to cars are gaining in popularity around the world. KULR’s heat management and battery safety to cars, are testing products, developed with and by NASA, help make safer and more powerful batteries for these applications. A woman and a child on an electric scooter](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2020_Images_cg_6.jpg?itok=k2idtvim)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/cg_3.html
2020
![This image, taken by one of Curiosity’s cameras in 2015, shows damage to the aluminum wheel from the rocky surface on Mars. In the future, Mars and lunar rovers may use a metallic glass coating over aluminum wheels—adding much-needed toughness without significantly increasing the overall weight. To prevent the highly complex Reaction Control System engines from malfunctioning during space shuttle flights, and to provide a diagnosis if such a mishap were to occur, NASA turned advanced artificial intelligence. Inventor Michael Georgeff assisted NASA by developing the first intelligent agent software system to ever go into space. This system could make decisions and deal with problems through a human-like power of reasoning. In 1998 the intelligent agent software came down to Earth to improve the oper](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-10/ip20_web.jpg?itok=ADfiEv1g)
![This image, taken by one of Curiosity’s cameras in 2015, shows damage to the aluminum wheel from the rocky surface on Mars. In the future, Mars and lunar rovers may use a metallic glass coating over aluminum wheels—adding much-needed toughness without significantly increasing the overall weight. To prevent the highly complex Reaction Control System engines from malfunctioning during space shuttle flights, and to provide a diagnosis if such a mishap were to occur, NASA turned advanced artificial intelligence. Inventor Michael Georgeff assisted NASA by developing the first intelligent agent software system to ever go into space. This system could make decisions and deal with problems through a human-like power of reasoning. In 1998 the intelligent agent software came down to Earth to improve the oper](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-10/ip20_web.jpg?itok=txvPBS6y)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/ip_1.html
2020
![NASA’s propulsion-system turbopumps, such as the Rocketdyne Mark-3 turbopump shown here, are sophisticated, complex, and expensive. As part of an effort to develop smaller, simpler, more affordable turbopumps for smaller spacecraft, Marshall Space Flight Center engineers created the Generalized Fluid System Simulation Program (GFSSP) to simultaneously analyze all the interacting flows in these intricate machines. Internal view of a Rocketdyne Mark-3 turbopump](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/it_20_web_3.jpg?itok=sklQTCwr)
![NASA’s propulsion-system turbopumps, such as the Rocketdyne Mark-3 turbopump shown here, are sophisticated, complex, and expensive. As part of an effort to develop smaller, simpler, more affordable turbopumps for smaller spacecraft, Marshall Space Flight Center engineers created the Generalized Fluid System Simulation Program (GFSSP) to simultaneously analyze all the interacting flows in these intricate machines. Internal view of a Rocketdyne Mark-3 turbopump](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/it_20_web_3.jpg?itok=YwVPRFdc)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/it_7.html
2020
![RMV Technologies is one of the few companies that offers hands-on training for best practices in avoiding electrostatic discharge during manufacturing, handling, and storage of sensitive electronics. Their seminar benefited from input from NASA, and is now being offered widely. The U.S. military is one customer. Image courtesy of U.S. Army Service members in camouflage dress crowd around field communication equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-10/ip19_web.jpg?itok=Ybelpkoh)
![RMV Technologies is one of the few companies that offers hands-on training for best practices in avoiding electrostatic discharge during manufacturing, handling, and storage of sensitive electronics. Their seminar benefited from input from NASA, and is now being offered widely. The U.S. military is one customer. Image courtesy of U.S. Army Service members in camouflage dress crowd around field communication equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-10/ip19_web.jpg?itok=QSH0ZMJM)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/ip_10.html
2020
![American GNC’s work on smart sensor networks for Stennis led to the company’s coremicro Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node (left) and the Smart Transducer Integrator that can gather and package information from a sensor network (right). American GNC’s Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node and Smart Transducer Integrator](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/it_12_web_0.jpg?itok=1L9GQhHm)
![American GNC’s work on smart sensor networks for Stennis led to the company’s coremicro Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node (left) and the Smart Transducer Integrator that can gather and package information from a sensor network (right). American GNC’s Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node and Smart Transducer Integrator](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/it_12_web_0.jpg?itok=-gtBT51Y)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/it_8.html
2020
![The i7 PLUS massage chair offers a Zero Gravity setting that is based on NASA’s neutral body posture specifications. The reclining position reduces stress on the body, while the user’s weight provides the resistance needed to get the most out of the acupressure massage. Acupressure has been shown to speed healing, alleviate pain, and reduce stress. A woman reclines in a i7PLUS massage chair and a cell phone with a screen showing the app that controls the chair](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2020_Images_cg_13.png?itok=lpzmjw5z)
![The i7 PLUS massage chair offers a Zero Gravity setting that is based on NASA’s neutral body posture specifications. The reclining position reduces stress on the body, while the user’s weight provides the resistance needed to get the most out of the acupressure massage. Acupressure has been shown to speed healing, alleviate pain, and reduce stress. A woman reclines in a i7PLUS massage chair and a cell phone with a screen showing the app that controls the chair](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2020_Images_cg_13.png?itok=xHWeERoO)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/cg_5.html
2020
![Pyrogel insulates a heat-exchange vessel in a petrochemical facility. Pyrogel insulation covers a heat exchange vessel](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2020_Images_ip17.jpg?itok=SSXrxoX7)
![Pyrogel insulates a heat-exchange vessel in a petrochemical facility. Pyrogel insulation covers a heat exchange vessel](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2020_Images_ip17.jpg?itok=mO-ztU6X)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/ip_2.html
2020
![This new NASA ultracapacitor is a solid material designed to store energy and to be safer than batteries made with toxic liquids and gels. While this new power source was undergoing testing, it showed a remarkable sensitivity to humidity. A hand holding a gold-colored ultracapacitor chip](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/ip25_web_0.jpg?itok=CJlQVOUb)
![This new NASA ultracapacitor is a solid material designed to store energy and to be safer than batteries made with toxic liquids and gels. While this new power source was undergoing testing, it showed a remarkable sensitivity to humidity. A hand holding a gold-colored ultracapacitor chip](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/ip25_web_0.jpg?itok=b7RkGZC1)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2020/ip_3.html
2020