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NODE+ Platform Integrates Sensors with Smartphones
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
In 2007, George Yu helped Ames Research Center integrate a sensor for detecting dangerous gases and chemicals with a smartphone. Most of the design for the microprocessor, memory, communication protocol, back-end web structure, and data storage Yu developed under this NASA subcontract later appeared in the wireless sensor platform he created after founding Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Variable Inc. The award-winning NODE+ platform integrates a line of off-the-shelf sensors with smart devices.