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Spinoff story

FINDER Finds Its Way into Rescuers’ Toolkits

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory worked with the Department of Homeland Security to construct a prototype of a device that can detect people buried under several feet of material. JPL licensed this technology to SpecOps Group of Sarasota Florida, which is now being sold to public safety departments all over the world.