TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Wireless Electrical Devices Using Floating Electrodes (LAR-TOPS-83)
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    Special Notice: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION is seeking inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and market wireless electrical devices using floating electrodes. This technology, developed by NASA's Langley Research Center, allows for the development of electrical devices such as sensors that require no physical contact with the properties being measured. The technology utilizes the SansEC circuit, which is damage resilient and environmentally friendly to manufacture and use. It uses a magnetic field response measurement acquisition device to provide power and acquire physical property measurements. The technology enables applications such as sensors for axial load force, linear displacement, rotation, strain, pressure, torque, and motion sensing, as well as unique designs for wireless keypads, rotational dials, and energy storage. Interested parties can submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS). No funding is provided by NASA in conjunction with these potential licenses. No follow-on procurement is expected from this notice. For more information, visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal.

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    Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov
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