David E.

Steitz
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. November
29, 1993
(Phone: 202/358-1730)

RELEASE: 93-212

TECHNOLOGY 2003 TO HIGHLIGHT NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES

On Dec. 7, America's technological leaders will meet in

Anaheim, Calif., to explore innovative ideas that can be used to
solve engineering problems, create new products and industry
opportunities, and facilitate the transfer of government-sponsored
technologies to American industry.

TECHNOLOGY 2003, the fourth annual national technology

transfer conference and exposition, will take place Dec. 7-9 at
the Anaheim Convention Center. The event is sponsored by NASA,
"NASA Tech Briefs" magazine and the Technology Utilization
Foundation.

In all, more than 200 federal labs, universities, and

high-technology companies from across America will exhibit their
latest inventions and products available for license or sale.
Over 8000 engineers and executives are expected to tour the
TECHNOLOGY 2003 exhibits hall.

"NASA is committed to quickly moving forward with the

administration's goal of speeding the transfer of government
technologies to American industry," said NASA Administrator Daniel
S. Goldin. "TECHNOLOGY 2003 is a wonderful opportunity for the
nation's leaders of industry to meet in a forum designed to
promote the transfer of existing technologies to non-aerospace
industries."

Researchers and technicians will demonstrate varying degrees

of sophistication in different technologies. These activities
will include a demonstration by NASA's Ames Research Center,
Mountain View, Calif., of its Virtual Wind Tunnel; an exhibit
examining the National AeroSpace Plane, a future hypersonic
aircraft; and an exhibit on an x-ray microscope, developed at the
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., that may
revolutionize biological and medical research by peering inside
human cells to produce the first high-resolution images of DNA
molecules.
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Also on display will be the Department of Energy's

"Cybertrain," a breakthrough concept in high speed mass transit.
The computer-controlled, electrically powered vehicle would travel
between cities in elevated guideways at speeds up to 150 miles per
hour, at a fraction of the cost of conventional rail systems.

In a plenary session on Wednesday morning, Dec. 8, federal

technology transfer experts will explain to industry participants
how to license government patents, apply for Small Business
Innovation Research grants and successfully enter into cooperative
R&D agreements in which industry and government labs share
resources to bring dual-use technologies to the commercial stage.

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