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>> [Background Music] For more than 50 years scientists
and engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have pioneered
breakthroughs in medicine, computing, thermal materials
and systems engineering.
NASA technologies are innovative solutions
that have complex patterns.
These patented for technologies are available
through a licensing agreement that can enable entrepreneurs
to create new products and new market opportunities
for business.
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>> [Background Music] So the technology right now that seems
to most enable our concept
of autonomous logistics management is radio frequency
identification technology or RFID.
A lot of the inventory that we want
to try is designed behind [inaudible] enclosure.
So it might be drawers such as this
and in these drawers we typically have fairly high
density of tank items and so the challenge is getting fields
into all of those items to where they can rectify the energy
and respond back.
So we think a better approach is
to increase the size of the tag antenna.
That allows the [inaudible] to receive more energy
to [inaudible] circuit and then respond back.
So with the technology that we developed
and as the tag is rotated the beam automatically steers back
towards the interrogator and maintains longer range.
So this is what we call our RFID dispenser.
It allows us to track inventory of fairly small items
without having to put a tag o each item.
So this technology that we have in the dispenser keeping track
of the inventory can be scaled to any level.
We can track all types of objects without having
to have RFID tags on each item.
>> Extended range RFID sensor tags are a suit
of patented Johnson Space Center technologies available for use
through a license agreement through NASA.
Extended range RFID benefit a wide range
of inventory management applications and can be sold
to a wide range of markets.
To find out more about NASA developed RFID technology
and other technology license opportunities
visit technology.jsc.nasa.gov.
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