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Spinoff story
Ocean View
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Analytical Spectral Devices was able to commercialize the engine" of SeaSpec. The Dual CCD developed for SeaSpec is used in the FieldSpecO Dual UV/VNIR/CCD. This product is very popular for coastal research. It allows for a small suitcase-sized spectrometer to be placed in a boat and the attached fiber optic cable can be lowered 30 feet below the surface allowing researchers to perform the same studies as SeaSpec just not at the deep-water depths. SeaSpec was designed to withstand harsh marine environments and depths up to 200 m. The first version was released in April 1997."