NASA Tech Briefs Awards

NASA Tech Briefs is a monthly publication reporting new, commercially significant NASA technologies. To encourage Goddard innovators to publish their technologies, the Innovative Partnerships Program provides cash awards for publishing in NASA Tech Briefs.

In 2003, the following technologies were published in NASA Tech Briefs:

  • Eye Safety Camera Attached to a Theodolite to Obtain Boresight Pointing of High-Intensity Visible Lasers and/or Invisible Infrared Lasers (GSC-14469-1) The simple addition of a charge-coupled-device (CCD) camera to a theodolite makes it safe to measure the pointing direction of a laser beam. (January 2003)

  • Mechanical Tube Bending Tool for Precise Bends (GSC-14412-1) This relatively simple, manually operated tool enables precise bending — typically, within ±0.5° of the specified bend angle — of a metal tube located in a confined space, with a minimum of flattening of the tube and without significant gouging of the tube surface. (April 2003)

  • Neutral Axis Spring Concept for Providing Torque Margin to Composite Thin-Wall Integral Boom Hinges (GSC-14640-1) Neutral-axis springs could be used to augment the unfolding torques of hinges that are integral parts of thin-wall composite-material booms used to deploy scientific instruments from spacecraft. (September 2003) NASA Tech Briefs is also available online.

2003's New Focus: Spin-In and Spin-Out | Our 2003 Successes | Achieving Our Success
How to Contact Us | Download this Report in PDF | Home

© 2004, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

All rights reserved. No part of the site may be copied or otherwise
reproduced without written permission from NASA.

To report problems with the site, please contact the webmaster: .