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Spinoff story
Low-Cost Sensors Deliver Nanometer-Accurate Measurements
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
As part of a unique partnership program, Kennedy Space Center collaborated with a nearby business school to allow MBA students to examine and analyze the market potential for a selection of NASA-patented technologies. Following the semester, a group of students decided to form Winter Park, Florida-based Juntura Group Inc. to license and sell a technology they had worked with: a sensor capable of detecting position changes as small as 10 nanometers_approximately the thickness of a cell wall.