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Narrator: NASA Ames Research Center recently

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participated in two important outreach events held

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in the San Francisco Bay Area: Maker Faire and a

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gathering of hardware and software industry

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professionals called the Solid Conference.

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The conference became the opportunity for the

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Intelligent Robotics Group from NASA Ames to

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publicly unveil their latest version of the

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free-flying robot used on the

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International Space Station.

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Terry Fong, Director: Here you see small businesses,

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large businesses, you see hobbyists, you see makers,

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you see engineers. You see, you know, creative people.

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A lot of them come by and are just really excited

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to see us taking something which is off-the-shelf,

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a Tango smartphone, marrying it with a space robot

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and putting it on the Space Station.

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Narrator: The volleyball-sized robot called

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Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, Reorient,

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Experimental Satellite or SPHERES uses a

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Google Android-based smartphone called

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Project Tango as its controller or "brain".

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It features an innovative 3D sensor and software

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that has been modified by the NASA team for use in

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a micro-gravity space environment.

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Terry Fong: I've seen all kinds of really

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interesting things from sensors to processors to

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software to services.

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And for me, it's a really great opportunity to

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reach out, tell people what NASA's doing and

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try to pull in some of these new creative ideas

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into the work that we're doing in space.

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Narrator: NASA also participated at the Bay Area

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Maker Faire, a gathering of more than 120,000

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innovators, enthusiasts, crafters, hobbyists

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and tinkerers to share what they have

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invented and made.

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The NASA booth was a showcase of the Agency's

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missions, highlighting designs for current small

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satellites in orbit and projects that were part of

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the NASA Grand Challenge robotics competition.

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Jason Kessler:  Being at Maker Faire it's likely

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that the first people to step foot on Mars are

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walking around the fair grounds right now.

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These are the inventors, these are the innovators

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and this is why NASA needs to be at Maker Faire.

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Narrator: The festival is a celebration of

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invention, creativity and resourcefulness where

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"makers" show off their inventions and

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share knowledge.