Author Description

NP 2012-11-912-HQ. Provides an in-depth look at how NASA's initiatives in aeronautics and space exploration have resulted in beneficial commercial technologies in the fields of health and medicine, transportation, public safety, consumer goods, environmental protection, computer technology and industrial productivity. Developments in this 2015 update are sorted into several categories -- health and medicine transportation public safety consumer goods energy and environment information technology and industrial productivty This publication includes several stories under each of these headings, adding up to 44 individual stories about recent tenchology advances that owe their existense to the space program in the United States. Speciific features included in this years edition are the following: shock absorbers used to brace buildings in earthquake-prone areas cabin pressure monitors for aircraft, three dimendional endoscopy, ionospheric mapping software, water mapping technology that can locate underground water in arid regions and LEDs that promote more natural sleep-wake cycles This publication also includes a map showing where each item originated in the country, a "Spinoffs of Tomorrow" section that features 20 NASA technologies that are ready to be licensed, an article explainiing NASA's Technology Transfer Program, and a "By the Numbers" page that attempts to quantify the value of NASA spin-offs in four categories: Lives-saved, Jobs created; Revenue Generated; and Reduced Costs.