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Harris Corporation Evaluating SpaceWire Router for Its Own Space Applications
NASA Goddard is providing support to Harris Corporation to help researchers gain familiarity with Goddard’s SpaceWire link and switch (“router”) in order to integrate it into the company’s electronics, specifically its Space Programmable Modem for communication in space.
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NASA Goddard Gives Howard Community College (HCC) Students Hands-On Assessment Experience
Beginning with the Fall 2006 semester, students at HCC will have the opportunity to attend a new Technology Assessment Program (TAP) course supported in part by technologies and innovators from NASA Goddard.
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Goddard’s HHT Fuels Medical Research to Help Improve Diagnoses at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
NASA Goddard is conducting collaborative research with Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), working toward refining the use of Goddard’s Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) technology for a variety of medical advancements to enhance monitoring of patients at risk for sudden cardiac failure and stroke, as well as diagnosis and treatment of depression and other neurological disorders.
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BCG Wireless

Goddard’s HHT Shows Promise for Radio Frequency Communications
BCG Wireless has licensed Goddard's Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) technology to help improve signal reception capability in radio frequency (RF) communications and is exploring applicability for devices including radio frequency identification (RFID) chips and cellular communications systems.
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Goddard inventor Jeannette Benavides

Low-Cost, High-Quality Carbon Nanotubes Enter the Marketplace
University and industry researchers now have access to high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) through Idaho Space Materials (ISM) and its NOMEC 1556 product. These SWCNTs, which are made without the use of a metal catalyst, are manufactured using a process that originated at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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NIST Nanofabrication facility - photo by Robert Rathe

Nanotechnology Research Benefits from Collaboration
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between NASA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will enable collaboration between NASA Goddard and NIST researchers to further advances in nanotechnology.
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Smithsonian Solar Experiments Benefit from Unique NASA Goddard Facility
When researchers at the Smithsonian Astro-physical Observatory (SAO) needed a state-of-the-art coating on the optics used in their solar-laboratory experiments, they turned to the space-optics leader: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The unique coating provided by Goddard’s thin-film coating facility allows SAO’s mirror to reflect light over a wide range of wavelengths.
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Bridge overpass

Goddard’s HHT Helps Scientists Analyze Highway and Bridge Safety
A three-year agreement with Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) has enabled scientists to learn how to apply NASA Goddard’s Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) technology to analyses of traffic flow data, wind and traffic interaction with bridges, and damage detection in pavement and bridges.
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Goddard Technologies Give University of Baltimore Students Hands-On Assessment Experience with the “Lab to Market” Program
Starting in Fall 2006, liberal arts, law, and MBA students at the University of Baltimore will have the opportunity to work directly with NASA Goddard researchers and technologies through the school’s Lab to Market program.
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NASA Enters Agreement to Attract High-Tech Companies to Maryland
Officials from NASA have entered into an agreement with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) to attract high-technology companies to the state.
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Secure ambulation module (SAM) graphic Secure Ambulation Module (SAM) (video)
This 10-minute video describes the development of the Secure Ambulation Module by Enduro Medical Technology using Goddard's cable-compliant joint (CCJ) technology
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