Volume 10, Number 2 • March/April 2002 • Moving Forward

The Annual Meeting of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer will be held May 6Ð10, 2002 in Little Rock, AR. Go to http:// www.federallabs.org/
for meeting information.

Awards

NASA Software Earns Technology Transfer Award

The VISAR (Video Image Stabilization and Registration) software technology developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has been selected to receive the 2002 Excellence in Technology Transfer award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. This competitive honor adds to the extensive praise VISAR received for its unparalleled performance during the FBI investigation of the 1996 Olympics bombing in Atlanta. The Windows-based VISAR software program utilizes a unique, patent-pending process to dramatically improve videotape sequences and still images extracted from moving video. Recognizing the broad potential of the technology, including law enforcement, security, industrial and consumer applications, MSFC has licensed VISAR for use in electronics and is currently offering the technology for licensing to software producers. Government agencies may also obtain the software for their use.

Heads-Up

Visit the newly redesigned Headquarters Web site for the online NASA Commercial Technology Network at http://www.nctn.hq.nasa.gov to access NASA technology opportunities, commercialization resources and much more! Q

For more information, go to the MSFC Technology Transfer Program Web site (http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/) or contact Sammy Nabors at ) sammy. nabors@msfc.nasa.gov. Please mention you read about VISAR in Innovation.