What: Ignite the Night AUSTIN, a NASA iTech event
When: March 11th from 2 - 3:45 pm CDT
Where: WeDC House at Banger’s, 79 Rainey Street, Austin, Texas
Ignite the Night AUSTIN offers area entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch a technology that is solving a real-world problem and might also address a similar challenge for NASA.
Ignite the Night AUSTIN focus areas include Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Robotic Capabilities, Intelligent Machines, Force and Tactile Sensors, Augmented and Virtual Reality Advancements, Flexible Materials and X-Factor Innovations.
Innovators at Ignite the Night AUSTIN (in alphabetic order):
911 Medical Devices – Houston, Texas
911HEAD®Saving the Brain
Aris MD – Wilmington, Delaware
EnVision 3D
Enduralock, LLC – Lenexa, Kansas
Enduralock High Vibration Resistant Fasteners
JARVISH Inc. – Taipei, Taiwan
JARVISH AVR Space Helmet
Motion Mounts Inc. – Encino, California
Zero Gravity Hand Held Surface Mount
SCV Electric Inc. – Santa Clarita, California
Frictionless Maglev Generator
Sohn Systems Inc. – San Diego, California
Sohn Systems Quick-Connect Spacecraft System
UbiQD, Inc. – Los Alamos, New Mexico
UbiGro - Spectrum Optimized Greenhouses
Wellnesys – Suwanee, Georgia
YogiFi - The Future Technology of Holistic Wellness
Zibrio – Houston, Texas
Zibrio SmartScale
The Top Innovator from Ignite the Night AUSTIN earns a position as one of the Top 25 Semifinalists for the current cycle where their technology will be evaluated and has a chance to be selected as one of the Top 10 Finalists to present at the 2019 NASA iTech Cycle I Forum.
NASA’s iTech is an initiative by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate managed by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) in Hampton, Virginia, and presented in collaboration with the Aerospace Industries Association, the Space Foundation and Washington DC Economic Partnership.
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