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| | | | | | | Space tech comes down to Earth
28 April 2005
It is doubtful whether engineers working on the accelerometers used in Ariane launchers envisaged that one day the same technology would be used to turn the bath water on or that a shape memory actuator for releasing satellites would end up as a brace for teeth; but that is what technology transfer is all about. Find out more at: http://www.esa.int/ttp
ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme (TTP) ensures that the European technology originally designed and developed for use in the harsh and demanding environment of space finds a further use in non-space applications, many of which bring direct benefits to our daily lives. Examples of such space spinoffs range from instruments to detect cancers, special pyjamas to prevent cot deaths to safer cars.
| | | From baby health to newborn businesses - space technology can help |
The new Technology Transfer website keeps you up to date with news on the success stories of the Technology Transfer Programme, and provides information on technologies available for transfer, partnerships, funding opportunities, and the incubator network for startup companies, as well as special initiatives for instance in health care.
Whether you are an entrepreneur with a business idea, an orthopaedic surgeon looking to see if space materials could help your patients, a car manufacturer wanting to improve the reliability and safety of your cars, you will be able to find out more about the innovative ways in which space technology is being used back on Earth at:
http://www.esa.int/ttp
For further information contact:
Technology Transfer & Promotion Office
European Space Agency - ESTEC
PO Box 299
2200 AG Noordwijk
The Netherlands
e-mail: ttp@esa.int
fax: +31-71-5656635
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