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Oil Drillers, Environmentalists Agree on Small, Sensitive Spectrometer
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Technical assistance and STTR funding from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory helped Optoknowledge Systems Inc. (OKSI) develop a compact spectrometer for sensing trace gases and isotopes, even underwater, known as the capillary absorption spectrometer. Now OKSI’s affiliate company, Guiding Photonics of Torrance, California, offers the device for use by the oil and gas industry, environmental conservationists, and others.