NASA SBIR technology transfer: Aptina Imaging

There's a one out of three chance that your cell phone camera utilizes NASA spinoff technology. This Hallmarks of Success video profiles Aptina Imaging, the San Jose, California-based company that has brought point-and-shoot camera technology developed for NASA to the private sector. Since 2001 the company has shipped billions of sensors ideal for slim cell phones, producing good photos without draining batteries.


For more information on this spinoff, see the original article from Spinoff 2010: http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/Spinoff2010/cg_3.html

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Science & Technology

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• NASA
• SBIR
• consumer goods