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Innovation Workshop Innovation Workshop

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Register for Goddard's upcoming Innovation Workshop on December 8, 2009 in Boston, MA.
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ITOS Combining Spinoff and SBIR Technologies Yields Cost and Time Savings for NASA Missions

The Hammers Company, Inc. (tHC, Inc.) has successfully combined two technologies —ITOS and the VirtualSat™ system—to yield significant benefits for NASA missions. The ITOS (Integrated Test and Operations System) software offers command and telemetry control of spacecraft during development, test, and on-orbit operations.
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CHARMS facility Goddard’s CHARMS Facility Characterizes Material Properties for Advanced Optics

As part of reimbursable Space Act Agreements (SAAs) with the University of Oxford, the Aerospace Corporation, Harvard College Observatory, and the University of California Observatories/LICK, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center used its state-of-the-art Cryogenic High Accuracy Refraction Measuring System (CHARMS) facility to characterize material properties of prismatic samples provided by the participating organizations.
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the Puck SBIR Recipient Creates Low-Power, Lightweight Controller

Barrett Technology, Inc. has successfully created and commercialized a brushless servo electronics module. The Puck™ module is a powerful universal controller that replaces controller cabinets with a device that weighs 43 grams and can be powered by batteries. The controller increases portability, lowers power consumption, and improves reliability of robotics.
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training Innovator Training: Something for Everyone

Goddard’s IPP Office offers quarterly training classes to help civil servant and contractor personnel understand the ins and outs of technology transfer.

  • Dates November 19, 2009—Bldg.1, Rm E100B
Publications
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Published quarterly by the Innovative Partnerships Program Office.

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PDMA Visions cover 2008 Innovative Partnerships Program Office Accomplishments Report
Spinoff 2009*

Spinoff is NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology.

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Technology Innovation Magazine*

Read about Goddard technologies, facilities, and partnerships featured in Technology Innovation magazine.

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Technology Opportunities

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Visit our "Featured Technologies" page for details about Goddard technologies available for licensing. >>>

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Find Open Source software, licensable software, and freeware as well as links to software-related Web sites. >>>

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Find forms, links, and guidelines for licensing and partnering with Goddard Space Flight Center. >>>

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Learn more about technology development in the SBIR/STTR Programs. >>>

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For information contact Jim Chern at 301-286-5836

Video Features
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These short videos illustrate the effect Goddard's innovative technologies have on our world and our everyday lives.

+ Goddard: Where Dreams Become Reality

+ NASA and the Maryland Economy

+ Secure Ambulation Module (SAM)

+ Nanotechnology at NASA

+ Striking Gold

Just for Kids
To Space and Back Coloring book cover To Space and Back Coloring Book!

Hey kids, follow Space Pup's adventures and learn about how NASA technologies are used here on Earth. This coloring book also includes fun puzzles and lots of cool facts about technologies used in space.
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GSFC Innovators

Report your technologies *

Get the technology transfer process started by informing the IPP of your innovations through New Technology Reports (NTRs). This includes reporting and releasing software.

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+ An overview of new technology reporting
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Inventor Resources

Innovators will find links to forms, Web references, and other helpful information related to technology reporting and intellectual property issues.

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Find Other Federal Funding Opportunities
Researchers are encouraged to consider whether their NASA mission work overlaps with these solicitations.
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Researcher Profile

Craig Tooley

Craig Tooley
Code: 451
Years at NASA: 26


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Past Researcher Profiles