February is the shortest month of the year, but there’s plenty packed into 29 days. From Black History Month to Valentine's Day and Mardi Gras, there's a lot to love this leap-year month.
At TechLink, we're using our extra day wisely. We're spending our time helping businesses connect with federal labs at the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, empowering companies to license technologies that are making the world a better place.
February Top Picks
See this month’s top licensing opportunities from DOD and VA labs.
Measuring precise environmental conditions is crucial in settings like factories, aircraft, cleanrooms, water vehicles and beyond. But current systems make regular check-ins a challenge.
Navy researchers have remedied this issue with a smart sticker that remotely detects and transmits atmospheric and environmental conditions. This technology can be used in products and industries that require specific humidity and temperature control, pressure monitoring, or corrosion detection.
Using a radio frequency identification tag, the sticker is customizable and easy to apply in confined spaces.
Could your company develop this technology for widespread use? Learn more about the licensing opportunity here.
Air Force researchers have invented a peel-and-adhere photonic crystal that can be used to modify transparent surfaces — for example, to convert a window into a mirror. With potential applications in consumer electronics, optical communication, medical devices and more, the technology is available for licensing and commercial use.
While most photonic crystals are applied at the time of manufacture, the Air Force invention enables alterations to existing surfaces, such as retrofitting a building to boost energy efficiency.
Interested in licensing for commercial development? Learn more here.
An estimated 10% to 25% of Americans suffer from sarcopenia, or involuntary muscle loss, yet there are no drug therapies approved for the prevention or treatment of the condition.
VA researchers have invented a promising solution. By inhibiting a critical hormone receptor, the therapeutic unlocks positive effects of the growth hormone ghrelin.
The muscle loss treatment is available to license for commercial development. Get more details here.
The smart-home market is expected to grow to $231.6 billion by 2028. While this rapid growth promises many benefits, it also opens up new cybersecurity concerns with smart devices.
Not to worry — federal laboratories are at the forefront of cybersecurity. Here are a few of the innovations we can help you license (and our services come at no cost):
Air Force researchers invented a wireless, non-intrusive system for authenticating IoT network devices. The IoT device identification system enhances security by supporting access control and authentication processes and can detect and block both insider threats and fake IoT devices.
Open data networks are targets for viruses, worms, malware, denial of service attacks, and other nefarious activities. The new Light Information Transmitting Optical System (LITOS) prevents unauthorized access through redundant transmission of data via light, which can verify if data streams are corrupted and respond accordingly.
Scientists at the Naval Postgraduate School in California have developed advances in channel-based authentication for networks with higher carrier frequencies, such as the 5G spectrum and other connected devices. Both of these authentication methods improve security for these types of networks.
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