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NASA Johnson Space Center SBIR STTR Program Technology InnovationsThe Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program increases opportunities for small businesses to participate in research and development (R&D), increases employment, and improves U.S. competitiveness. Specifically the program stimulates U.S. technological innovation by using small businesses to meet federal R&D needs, increasing private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from federal R&D, and fostering and encouraging the participation of socially disadvantaged businesses. In 2000, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program extended and strengthened the SBIR Program, increasing its emphasis on pursuing commercial applications by awarding contracts to small business concerns for cooperative R&D with a nonprofit research institution. Modeled after the SBIR Program, STTR is nevertheless a separately funded activity. Technologies that have resulted from the Johnson Space Center SBIR STTR Program include: a device for regenerating iodinated resin beds; laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis or LASIK; a miniature physiological monitoring device capable of collecting and analyzing a multitude of real-time signals to transmit medical data from remote locations to medical centers for diagnosis and intervention; a new thermal management system for fibers and fabrics giving rise to new line of garments and thermal-enhancing environments; and a highly electropositive material that attracts and retains electronegative particles in water.
Document ID
20070026635
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Krishen, Kumar
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
September 24, 2007
Subject Category
Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Astronautical Congress
Location: Hydrabad
Country: India
Start Date: September 24, 2007
End Date: September 28, 2007
Sponsors: International Astronautical Federation
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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