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Compact Spectrometers Unveil Clues to Diagnose Cancer
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Hindsight Imaging Inc. founder Arsen Hajian began working to build a better spectrometer to look for distant planets and stars in the 1990s at the Naval Observatory, where much of his funding came from NASA. Now the Boston-based company’s small but mighty devices—Hajian says they pack the resolution of machines nearly 30 times larger and 10 times more expensive—are helping uncover hidden details on this planet, and could be incorporated into future instruments at Goddard Space Flight Center.