Finding ways to apply cutting-edge technologies to life
on Earth is one of the most important by-products
of aerospace exploration and research.
Spinoff 2002, NASA’s premiere publication, features the agency’s
latest innovations, such as an air purifier for destroying anthrax
spores and a heart pump that acts as a bridge to a
transplant.
In addition to showcasing 51 commercialized products, Spinoff
2002 commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Technology
Utilization Program. Each of NASA’s 10 field centers explores
the origin, growth, and potential of technology transfer
efforts in Spinoff’s research and development section.
Over the years, Spinoff featured more than 1,300 public
benefits of NASA’s commercial partnerships with private
industry. The publication covers the agency’s latest research
and development activities and serves as a reference resource
to NASA’s commercial technology network.
Since NASA’s inception in 1958, technologies resulting from
the space program have introduced Americans to hundreds of
new or improved products. NASA first developed many of
today’s conveniences. Spinoff describes the latest products
in the areas of health and medicine, transportation,
recreation, consumer products, public safety, computer and
manufacturing technology, environmental and resources
management.
Online versions of Spinoff, beginning with the 1996 issue,
are available at:
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinoff.html
The Spinoff Web Site also contains a searchable database of
technologies featured the past
27 years. Contact information, for companies and consumers,
is available at:
spinoff@sti.nasa.gov
A free print copy or an interactive CD of Spinoff may be
obtained from the National Technology Transfer Center by
telephone at 800/678-6882. Additional information about the
NASA Technology network, is available at:
http://www.nctn.hq.nasa.gov/