Innovation Now

Apr 17 2025 1647 ep. 1.5k

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Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.

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Extreme Worlds

The ICE project will look at Isolation and Confinement in Extreme environments by observing people who spend several months at the South Pole.

Virtual History

NASA has an incredible amount of available information about the early Apollo missions – information that Immersive VR Education has put to good use in a virtual documentary.

Changing How Medicine Is Done

NASA’s Vascularized Tissue Centennial Challenge is looking at a critical need in medicine.

Exoplanet Surveys

Kepler opened up an entirely new field of exoplanet research and now TESS will build on that legacy.

Food to Fight Disease

Apparently chewing stimulates the production of Th17 cells in the mouth, which could help fight disease in some parts of the body.

Food to Fight Disease

Apparently chewing stimulates the production of Th17 cells in the mouth, which could help fight disease in some parts of the body.

Spinning Habitats

A spinning structure made up of a series of concentric cylinders could help protect the astronauts from radiation.

Electronics for Hostile Environments

A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center is developing a new electronics technology that could survive more than 520 hours in hostile environments.

Technology for All

Through technology transfer, many NASA inventions become part of our everyday lives.

Space Weather Prediction

NASA scientists have discovered that bright points in the solar atmosphere may give us much more information about changes occurring deep down in the sun.