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![Moog Inc. custom-built a set of 10 hydraulic carts to meet the needs of Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Flight Loads Laboratory, reducing the amount of cables and hoses in the lab, creating a more flexible setup, and bringing test operations into the digital age. The company now offers the carts, along with the accompanying Real-Time Front-End computer, for sale to commercial aircraft testing facilities. Hydraulic cart](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2017_Images_T_14.jpg?itok=G24V_hPe)
![Moog Inc. custom-built a set of 10 hydraulic carts to meet the needs of Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Flight Loads Laboratory, reducing the amount of cables and hoses in the lab, creating a more flexible setup, and bringing test operations into the digital age. The company now offers the carts, along with the accompanying Real-Time Front-End computer, for sale to commercial aircraft testing facilities. Hydraulic cart](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2017_Images_T_14.jpg?itok=lJTBgMcF)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/t_6.pdf
2017
![Following research and development that began in a partnership with NASA, NASTEK now manufactures ski-goggle lenses that use NASA technology to optimize visibility on the slopes. In 2015, the company worked with Optic Nerve to create a line of ski goggles that are used by professional and amateur skiers and snowboarders, as well as ski patrollers. Skiers wearing protective lenses](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/cg_9_web_3.jpg?itok=mvZucAHR)
![Following research and development that began in a partnership with NASA, NASTEK now manufactures ski-goggle lenses that use NASA technology to optimize visibility on the slopes. In 2015, the company worked with Optic Nerve to create a line of ski goggles that are used by professional and amateur skiers and snowboarders, as well as ski patrollers. Skiers wearing protective lenses](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/cg_9_web_3.jpg?itok=Cx1q8Nnp)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/cg_3.pdf
2017
![WElkins LLC’s Sideline Cooling System is marketed to athletes and sports teams as a way to improve performance, reduce inflammation in the event of a concussion, and reduce the effects of minor head impacts. Cooling system displayed on a football field](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/hm_10_web_1.jpg?itok=znd_JSla)
![WElkins LLC’s Sideline Cooling System is marketed to athletes and sports teams as a way to improve performance, reduce inflammation in the event of a concussion, and reduce the effects of minor head impacts. Cooling system displayed on a football field](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/hm_10_web_1.jpg?itok=MOiaFHuq)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/hm_4.pdf
2017
![One of the many medical uses for TracePro is validating designs for blood oximeter pulse monitors. The monitors measure oxygen in the blood by observing how light travels through the fingertip. blood oxygen monitor on hand](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/ip_17_web_3.jpg?itok=_ZDqCDZE)
![One of the many medical uses for TracePro is validating designs for blood oximeter pulse monitors. The monitors measure oxygen in the blood by observing how light travels through the fingertip. blood oxygen monitor on hand](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/ip_17_web_3.jpg?itok=8Erp4Xws)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/it_4.pdf
2017
![Disposable hearing aid batteries die unpredictably, which tends to encourage users to turn them off at times to conserve power and inevitably leaves them without hearing at inconvenient times. On a full charge, the rechargeable silver-zinc batteries that ZPower built off of previous research and development by NASA and the military reliably last all day and then some. Man helping granddaughter with homework](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2017_Images_CG_13.jpg?itok=OyVKbjyV)
![Disposable hearing aid batteries die unpredictably, which tends to encourage users to turn them off at times to conserve power and inevitably leaves them without hearing at inconvenient times. On a full charge, the rechargeable silver-zinc batteries that ZPower built off of previous research and development by NASA and the military reliably last all day and then some. Man helping granddaughter with homework](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2017_Images_CG_13.jpg?itok=zdZOY73Q)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/cg_4.pdf
2017
![Through an agreement with NASA, astronauts conduct the experiments that use Techshot’s bone densitometer. The company maintains a payload operations center from which it can monitor its space-based equipment and download data in real time. Techshot mission control room](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2017_Images_HM_14.jpg?itok=AZnRM_Ea)
![Through an agreement with NASA, astronauts conduct the experiments that use Techshot’s bone densitometer. The company maintains a payload operations center from which it can monitor its space-based equipment and download data in real time. Techshot mission control room](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2017_Images_HM_14.jpg?itok=b9D_fC5H)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/hm_5.pdf
2017
![This 2013 test of Orion’s avionics systems shows some of the capsule’s complex wiring. Smith’s Connectors developed rugged, reliable devices to move large amounts of data around the spacecraft, even in extreme environments. Technicians working on Orion capsule](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2017_Images_IT_14.jpg?itok=qjat7X0e)
![This 2013 test of Orion’s avionics systems shows some of the capsule’s complex wiring. Smith’s Connectors developed rugged, reliable devices to move large amounts of data around the spacecraft, even in extreme environments. Technicians working on Orion capsule](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2017_Images_IT_14.jpg?itok=Nfd-7r_M)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2017/pdf/it_5.pdf
2017
![The “biomass maps” Satshot provides allow tractors to deposit more seeds, fertilizers, and pesticide in the most fertile areas of a field while allocating fewer resources to soil that can’t support dense vegetation. This targeted approach saves up to 20 percent on resources and also prevents excess fertilizers and chemicals from running off into the watershed. Combine spraying seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/ee_26_web.jpg?itok=u4r5_Y8m)
![The “biomass maps” Satshot provides allow tractors to deposit more seeds, fertilizers, and pesticide in the most fertile areas of a field while allocating fewer resources to soil that can’t support dense vegetation. This targeted approach saves up to 20 percent on resources and also prevents excess fertilizers and chemicals from running off into the watershed. Combine spraying seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/ee_26_web.jpg?itok=-ZJFm1a1)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ee_2.pdf
2016
![Sustainable Innovations took a technology it created to allow Stennis Space Center to reuse helium and applied it to the recapture, cleaning, and pressurizing of hydrogen used in industrial processes, saving companies money. In addition to H2RENEW, the company is planning two more devices based on the same electrochemical platform, a sort of reverse hydrogen fuel cell technology. H2Renew cabinet](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2016_Images_ip_25_opt.png?itok=prC3kzFU)
![Sustainable Innovations took a technology it created to allow Stennis Space Center to reuse helium and applied it to the recapture, cleaning, and pressurizing of hydrogen used in industrial processes, saving companies money. In addition to H2RENEW, the company is planning two more devices based on the same electrochemical platform, a sort of reverse hydrogen fuel cell technology. H2Renew cabinet](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2016_Images_ip_25_opt.png?itok=LCUMCxQa)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ip_5.pdf
2016
![Marshall Space Flight Center materials engineer Phillip Allen developed the free, downloadable program Tool for Analysis of Surface Cracks, or TASC, to simplify determining a metal’s fracture toughness. Such a measurement helps engineers assess the point at which a crack will begin to tear and fail structurally. The software cuts the time needed to perform an analysis from several hours to 20 or 30 minutes. Screenshot of Tool for Analysis of Surface Cracks (TASC)](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/ps_10_web_1.jpg?itok=68cCOYp-)
![Marshall Space Flight Center materials engineer Phillip Allen developed the free, downloadable program Tool for Analysis of Surface Cracks, or TASC, to simplify determining a metal’s fracture toughness. Such a measurement helps engineers assess the point at which a crack will begin to tear and fail structurally. The software cuts the time needed to perform an analysis from several hours to 20 or 30 minutes. Screenshot of Tool for Analysis of Surface Cracks (TASC)](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/ps_10_web_1.jpg?itok=tjj9B7E-)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ps_3.pdf
2016
![Utilizing the improved optics capabilities it developed for NASA, AOA Xinetics has worked with Kroger grocery stores on a scanning system that better and more rapidly identifies products, allowing customers with large orders to take advantage of self-checkout aisles. A Scan Tunnel self-checkout lane](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/ip_23_web_0.jpg?itok=xOKMi6RI)
![Utilizing the improved optics capabilities it developed for NASA, AOA Xinetics has worked with Kroger grocery stores on a scanning system that better and more rapidly identifies products, allowing customers with large orders to take advantage of self-checkout aisles. A Scan Tunnel self-checkout lane](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/ip_23_web_0.jpg?itok=roRVEMjY)
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ip_6.pdf
2016