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Spinoff story
World Wind Tools Reveal Environmental Change
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Originally developed under NASA_s Learning Technologies program as a tool to engage and inspire students, World Wind software was released under the NASA Open Source Agreement license. Honolulu, Hawaii-based Intelesense Technologies is one of the companies currently making use of the technology for environmental, public health, and other monitoring applications for nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The company saved about $1 million in development costs by using the NASA software.