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Technology Transfer and Business Incubation
 
ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) has successfully transferred over 200 space technologies to non-space sectors for applications as diverse as cooling suits for a Formula 1 racing team, ground penetrating radar to detect cracks in mine tunnels and several health-care innovations.
The activities of TTPO have also led to the creation of a number of new start-up companies in Europe, many of which have been promoted through ESA’s Business Incubator.
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Spacecraft dockings improve car assembly
 
20 January 2010   The next car comes down the conveyor belt ready for the dashboard to be added. Speed and position are controlled as if it were a spacecraft docking automatically with the International Space Station. Invented by entrepreneurs at ESA’s Business Incubation Centre, a new system using similar docking technology precisely fits the dashboard into the car.
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Space technology helps mitigate climate change
 
5 January 2010   Space technologies have led to a number of inventions that benefit the environment and save energy. Satellite-based systems are reducing vehicles’ carbon dioxide emissions, remote-sensing technology is making wind turbines more efficient, and information from weather satellites is helping solar cells to produce more energy.
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16 October 2009   More efficient solar power with space technology
28 September 2009   Textile antenna promises futuristic communications
23 September 2009   Turning space technology into business
4 September 2009   Weaknesses in dikes detected by space tech spin-off
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