[NASANews@hq.nasa.gov: Stennis to Hold Technology Briefings June 23 and 24] (fwd)

I thought that this was interesting.  Don't know if any of the listmembers
qualify, but you might want to pass it on to others who might.

Chris

> -----Forwarded message from NASANews@hq.nasa.gov-----
> 
> David E. Steitz
> Headquarters, Washington, DC                       June 18, 1998
> (Phone:  202/358-1730)
> 
> Lanee Cooksey
> Stennis Space Center, MS
> (Phone:  228/688-3341)
> 
> NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-42
> 
> STENNIS TO HOLD TECHNOLOGY BRIEFINGS JUNE 23 & 24
> 
>      The Technology Transfer Office at NASA's Stennis Space 
> Center, MS, will host a technology commercialization briefing 
> there at 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 23, and a dual use technology 
> briefing at 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 24, highlighting two new 
> NASA technologies that can detect plant stress before resulting 
> damage becomes visible to the human eye.
> 
>      Plant stress is the reaction of plants to environmental 
> conditions that are unfavorable to growth, such as lack of 
> sufficient nutrients, inadequate watering, disease or insect 
> infestation.  The reaction most people recognize is a change in 
> leaf color.
> 
>      NASA is seeking qualified U.S. companies to help license a 
> small, lightweight, hand-held device, known as the Hand-held Plant 
> Stress Monitor.  The device measures plant health by determining 
> the chlorophyll content of leaves.  NASA also is seeking qualified 
> U.S. companies to help further develop through exclusive or non-
> exclusive licenses a second device.  That device, available for 
> development between NASA and a commercial partner, is a portable 
> video imager that determines plant health by measuring the 
> reflected light of leaves to determine their chlorophyll content.  
> The device gives the user an easy-to-read indication of the 
> condition of plants being observed.
> 
>      Researchers at Stennis have constructed a prototype of each 
> device and filed patent applications.  The benefits of the new 
> devices are their portability, easy use, low cost, adaptability 
> and accuracy.  The devices may be applied to such areas as 
> agriculture, precision farming, horticulture, plant research, 
> forestry, paper manufacturing, lawn care and other public and 
> government activities. 
> 
>      Commercialization opportunities may exist through licensing, 
> cooperative development and technical consulting.  Companies 
> participating in the briefings also will receive information on 
> the process needed to establish partnership agreements and/or 
> licenses for commercialization of the devices.  Industry 
> representatives interested in attending these technology briefings 
> should contact Mark Obenshain of the Research Triangle Institute 
> at 919/541-7429 by June 19.
> 
>                             -end-
> 
> -----End of forwarded message-----
> 

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