The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration is required by its charter to report to industry any new, commercially significant technologies developed in the course of their
R&D. Since the early 1960s, this has been accomplished primarily through the publication of ''NASA Tech Briefs''.
''NASA Tech Briefs'' were first published about 1963 by the Technology Utilization Office at NASA HQ (Washington DC) as single page documents. Over the years, hundreds of such documents were published and disseminated covering many areas of science and industry. The material for these documents was collected by TU offices in each of the NASA field centers, as well as from all of their contractors. Most work done under NASA contract was presumed to be the property of NASA and was freely disseminated to industry and the public. Compilations of these became available in the 1970s. Since then, it has been a joint
publishing venture of NASA and Tech Briefs Media Group, a unit of
SAE International
SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers, is a United States-based, globally active professional association and standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries. SAE Internatio ...
, since 1985. It is headquartered in New York City and the publisher is Joe Pramberger.
The monthly magazine features reports of innovations developed by NASA and its industry partners/contractors. ''NASA Tech Briefs'' also contains articles on NASA spinoffs, NASA tech transfer resources, and application stories. Regular columns describe new
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
s, industry products,
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
...
, and literature.
The associated commercial ad-supported web site is privately owned and is not an official Web site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nor is it sponsored by NASA.
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External links
Magazine home pagehttps://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19660008295 Annotated bibliography of NASA technical briefs on electrical, energy sources, materials, life sciences, and mechanical information Publication Date: February 01, 1966
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Science and technology magazines published in the United States
Astronomy magazines
Engineering magazines
Magazines established in 1976
Magazines published in New York City
Magazines published in Washington, D.C.
NASA mass media
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