NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Langley has a new method for generating very low mass visual targets that enablethree-dimensional metrology and photogrammetry measurements (surface position, shape,profile, etc.) for very thin and lightweight structures. The targets use fluorescent dyesincorporated into or applied onto the thin polymer materials used in lightweightstructures. The thin film targets can also be cut out and attached to a surface. Arrangedin a pattern, the invisible targets can be illuminated, using the sun or inexpensivelight source, to make them visible without reflections or distortions. The approachenables lightweight, high-contrast, distortion-free targets that are less complex andintrusive than traditional target solutions. The technology is ideal for space-based,underwater, and industrial metrology applications where nonintrusive, easily integratedmetrology indicators are required.To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail:
[email protected], or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.