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Over tlie past three decades, NASA has granted more than 1000 patent licenses in virtually every area of technology. The agency has a portfolio of thousands of patents and pending applications available now for license by businesses and individuals, including tliese recently patented inventions:
Communication Path for Extreme Environments
U.S. Patent No. 7,796,026
Charles C. Jorgensen and Bradley J. Betts, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Emergency service workers who operate in extreme environments (e.g., in the presence of low visibility, high temperature, or low oxygen content) often utilize a "buddy touch" system; a lead worker sets a path on hands and knees, and each succeeding worker maintains touch contact with the preceding worker's legs or other extremities, while sweeping his/her own limbs to locate victims and/or obstacles. A system must facilitate reliable communication of information, including location and present condition...