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Space-tested Fluid Flow Advances Infectious Disease Diagnoses ......................................................... 92
Improved Oil Exploitation Strategies ...................................................................................................... 93
Scientific Valuation Sidebar: Good Vibrations…and Their Effect on Liquid ............................................... 93
Materials .................................................................................................................................................. 95
Improved Industrial Casting Models and Casting Processes ................................................................... 95
Clothes “Made In Space” ...................................................................................................................... 96
Sleepwear with a Purpose ...................................................................................................................... 97
Scientific Valuation Sidebar: Sleep Monitoring Receives a Valuable “Wake-up Call” ............................... 98
Three-dimensional Bioprinting in Space ................................................................................................. 98
International Space Experiments: PARSEC and MULTIPHAS ............................................................... 100
Levitating and Melting Materials using Coulomb Force Without a Container .......................................... 100
Transportation Technology .................................................................................................................. 103
Automating a Better Rendezvous in Space ........................................................................................... 103
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Three-dimensional Technology
Offers Clarity in the “Foggiest” of Situations .......................................................................................... 104
Cool Flame Research Aboard the Space Station may Lead to a Cleaner Environment on Earth ........... 104
Space Station Technology Demonstration could Boost a New Era of Satellite Servicing ...................... 105
Robotics ................................................................................................................................................ 109
Robonaut’s Potential Shines in Multiple Space, Medical and Industrial Applications .............................. 109
Imaging Technologies .......................................................................................................................... 113
Space in 3-D ........................................................................................................................................ 113
Computing ............................................................................................................................................. 115
New Ways to Analyze and Use Images from Space ............................................................................... 115
Artificial Intelligence for Solving Crime .................................................................................................. 116
Small Computers Tackle Big Tasks in Space ........................................................................................ 116
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Q-Card Processors Cast a Wide Net to Collect Emissions Data ............. 117
Beyond the Cloud: Data Processing from Low-Earth Orbit .................................................................. 118
Human Health 121

Health Technology ................................................................................................................................ 123
Space Station Robotic Arms Have a Long Reach ................................................................................. 123
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Applying Space Technology used to Power Automated Surgery ............. 124
Robotic Arms Lend a Healing Touch .................................................................................................... 124
Scientific Valuation Sidebar: Humans and Robots: a Partnership With Myriad Medical Benefits ........... 126
Robots From Space Lead To One-stop Breast Cancer Diagnosis Treatment ....................................... 126
Improved Eye Surgery with Space Hardware ....................................................................................... 128
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Robotics Help Bring Eye Surgery into Greater Focus .............................. 129
The Art—And Science—of Detecting Chromosome Damage .............................................................. 129
Economic Valuation Sidebar: NASA Twins Study Used to Validate Chromosomal Painting Technology .. 130
Sensor Technologies for High-pressure Jobs and Operations .............................................................. 130
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Noninvasive Sensors Get to the “Core” of Body Temperature Changes .. 131
Scientific Valuation Sidebar: Sweat the Small Stuff:
Minor Changes in Core Body Temperature Impair Performance ........................................................... 131
Non-invasive Collection of Saliva Helps Monitor Stress Levels in Real Time ......................................... 132

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