NASA Puts Nanotechnology Swarm Patents Up for Auction

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Psst. If you're thinking of getting into the intelligent smoke-detector business, NASA has a few patents for you. In fact, you might even get them at a bargain price. They're up for auction Thursday in Los Angeles, at an event run by the patent-selling company ICAP Patent Brokerage. NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is listing them as part of a pilot program that has been running for the past four years, trying to make its space-aged technology available to the public.

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