NASA iTech's Ignite the Night SAN FRANCISCO Announces Presenters
What: Ignite the Night SAN FRANCISCO, a Virtual Event
When: May 13 from 2-4 p.m. EDT
Where: livestream.com/nasaitech and youtube.com/c/nasaitech
Ignite the Night SAN FRANCISCO, a virtual event, offers area entrepreneurs an opportunity to present a technology that is solving a real-world problem and might also address a similar challenge with NASA's Moon to Mars mission.
Ignite the Night SAN FRANCISCO focus areas include Power Generation/Energy, Integrated Photonics, Advanced Engineered Materials, Miniaturized Systems, and X-Factor Innovations.
Innovators presenting (in alphabetic order):
AI Technologies & Systems - Milpitas, California
Technological Advancements in (IoT and Edge) Nanosystems to Enable Smaller Components Thereby Decreasing Size and Mass
Gord LLC - Denver, Colorado
Gord Compression
HyPoint Inc. - Menlo Park, California
Next Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cell System
OrbitsEdge - Titusville, Florida
OrbitsEdge SatFrame
Rapair Pty Ltd - Bagotville, Australia
Rapid Repair
Raytracer - Brisbane, Australia
Immersive Digital Twin: Human to Machine Remote Interaction
Torre Space and Power Systems - Sherwood, Arkansas
Magnetohydrodynamic Generator for Spacecraft Electrical Power Using Space Ionized Plasma
Western Sydney University - Sydney, Australia
Neuromorphic Vision Sensors for Space Sensing
The top innovator from Ignite the Night SAN FRANCISCO earns a position as one of the 25 semifinalists for the current cycle. As a semifinalist, their technology will be evaluated and has a chance to be selected as one of the top 10 finalists to present at the 2020 NASA iTech Cycle II Forum in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.
NASA iTech is an initiative by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate and is managed by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) in Hampton, Virginia.
For information about the NASA iTech initiative, visit:
For information about NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, visit:
Harla Sherwood
National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va.
757-636-6300
sherwood@nianet.org