Sensors are rarely one-size-fits all – different data requires different sensors. This is where our portfolio of technologies can help fill the gap. NASA’s mission work presents many unique challenges, so our portfolio of sensor technologies addresses a wide-variety of applications and are made to work in extreme environments. Many of these technologies have been made available to the public through NASA’s licensing program.
If you work with sensors, either as a manufacturer or in a specific industry, take a look into our sensors portfolio and discover the wide-range of sensor technologies that NASA has to offer. You might be surprised by what you find.
Our Technology Transfer team has identified a small subset of sensor technologies that we believe have strong commercialization potential for specific markets and applications.
Medical and Pharmaceutical
Sensors that address a wide variety of medical applications
Fiber Optic Sensing Technologies
Passive Smart Container
Streamlined Liquid Level Sensing Using Fiber Optics
Electric Field Imaging System
Silent Speech
Oil and Natural Gas
Protect your pipelines and other equipment by monitoring them more accurately
Sensing Magnetic Fields
Passive RFID Tag with Long Range and Wide Coverage Capabilities
Optical Mass Sensor for Multi-Phase Flows
Fiber-Optic Sensing and Characterization Portfolio
Environmental Monitoring and Detection
Technology to detect toxic contaminants in the air, water, and ground
Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensors
Advanced Sensor Technology for Algal Biotechnology
Nanostructure Sensing and Transmission of Gas Data
Coated or Doped Carbon Nanotube Network Sensors as affected by Environmental Parameters
Gas Sensors Based on Coated and Doped Carbon Nanotubes
Structural Monitoring
Innovations to measure the health of bridges, buildings, roads, and more
Carbon Nanotube-based Sensors
Robust Sensors Detect Material Ablation and Temperature Changes
Accelerometers
Improvements in motion control technology
In Situ Performance Monitoring of Piezoelectric Sensors and Accelerometers
Inductive Non-Contact Position Sensor
Pressure Sensing
Cost effective and simple pressure sensing
Pressure Sensor Mechanism
This is just a small portion of the sensor technology that NASA has to offer for license. You can browse our entire portfolio of sensors and detectors here.
