NASA Releases Patents That Could Impact Renewable Energy > ENGINEERING.com
As part of its mission to share technological advances with the general public, NASA has released 56 patented technologies into the public domain, allowing industry to use these innovations in their designs without having to pay royalties. Today I'll look at a few that could significantly impact the renewable energy industry. I've embedded links to the patents, in case you'd like to see the gory details. If you've never read a patent application, you're in for an interesting experience; it's like an academic paper on steroids. I swear, there must be an employee at the patent office whose job is to reject all applications that aren't sufficiently obfuscated. ....