1 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:07,590 for more than 50 years scientists and 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:09,490 engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center 3 00:00:13,799 --> 00:00:11,370 have pioneered breakthroughs in medicine 4 00:00:17,220 --> 00:00:13,809 computing thermal materials and systems 5 00:00:19,169 --> 00:00:17,230 engineering NASA technologies are 6 00:00:21,269 --> 00:00:19,179 innovative solutions that help complex 7 00:00:22,919 --> 00:00:21,279 problems these patented core 8 00:00:24,329 --> 00:00:22,929 technologies are available through a 9 00:00:26,669 --> 00:00:24,339 license agreement that can enable 10 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:26,679 entrepreneurs to create new products and 11 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:32,110 new market opportunities for business so 12 00:00:37,350 --> 00:00:35,110 the technology right now that seems to 13 00:00:39,750 --> 00:00:37,360 most enable our concept of autonomous 14 00:00:43,049 --> 00:00:39,760 logistics man is radio frequency 15 00:00:44,569 --> 00:00:43,059 identification technology or RFID a lot 16 00:00:47,490 --> 00:00:44,579 of the inventory that we want to track 17 00:00:50,729 --> 00:00:47,500 design behind the talent enclosure so it 18 00:00:52,170 --> 00:00:50,739 might be drawers such as this and in the 19 00:00:54,810 --> 00:00:52,180 truck they typically have fairly high 20 00:00:56,610 --> 00:00:54,820 densities of tank items and so the 21 00:00:58,259 --> 00:00:56,620 challenge is getting in the field into 22 00:01:00,630 --> 00:00:58,269 all of those items to where they can 23 00:01:02,009 --> 00:01:00,640 rectify the energy and respond back so 24 00:01:04,910 --> 00:01:02,019 we think a better approach is to 25 00:01:07,499 --> 00:01:04,920 increase the size of the tag antenna 26 00:01:09,690 --> 00:01:07,509 that allows the tag to receive more 27 00:01:12,090 --> 00:01:09,700 energy card integrated circuit and then 28 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:12,100 respond back and so if the technology 29 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:14,770 that we develop as the tag is rotating 30 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:16,630 is the beam automatically steers back 31 00:01:21,270 --> 00:01:18,520 towards the interrogator and maintains 32 00:01:23,819 --> 00:01:21,280 longer range so this is what we call our 33 00:01:26,580 --> 00:01:23,829 RFID dispenser allows us to track 34 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:26,590 inventories of very small items without 35 00:01:30,749 --> 00:01:29,200 having to put a tag on each item so this 36 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:30,759 technology what we have in the dispenser 37 00:01:34,770 --> 00:01:32,470 keeping track of the inventory can be 38 00:01:37,370 --> 00:01:34,780 scale it to any level we can drive all 39 00:01:40,910 --> 00:01:37,380 types of objects without having it 40 00:01:43,310 --> 00:01:40,920 RFID tags each item extended-range RFID 41 00:01:45,139 --> 00:01:43,320 and sensor tags are a suite of patented 42 00:01:46,969 --> 00:01:45,149 Johnson Space Center technologies 43 00:01:49,550 --> 00:01:46,979 available for use through a license 44 00:01:52,130 --> 00:01:49,560 agreement with NASA extended-range RFID 45 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:52,140 can benefit a wide range of inventory 46 00:01:57,380 --> 00:01:54,390 management applications and can be sold 47 00:01:59,569 --> 00:01:57,390 to a wide range of markets to find out 48 00:02:01,910 --> 00:01:59,579 more about nasa-developed rfid 49 00:02:06,169 --> 00:02:01,920 technology and other technology license