Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Piranha

• Uses intelligent agent technology and a large cluster computer to analyze large volumes of text data with unprecedented speed and accuracy.
• Sorts large volumes of text documents into groups that people may then easily process.
• Can find similar documents to a document of interest, remove duplicated documents from different sources and automatically classify documents by topic.
• Used by the U.S. military and Department of Homeland Security to analyze large sets of streaming data.
  Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Pharos Neutron Detector System

• Small low-power neutron detection system that can be used to identify nuclear materials at airports and harbors.
• Can determine from what direction and distance neutrons come from, allowing it to track targets after they have been identified. 
• Has large-area detector coverage, extremely low power requirements and digital communication capability.
  Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Cast Nickel Aluminide for Improved Productivity of Steel Heat-Treating Furnaces

• Has a unique combination of high-temperature strength and oxidation resistance, critical to continuous operation of steel plate heat-treating furnaces.
• The nickel aluminide eliminates the need for frequent furnace shutdowns, provides significant savings in energy and cost and reduces CO2 emissions.
  Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Duraloy Technologies, Mittal Steel USA and consultant Anthony Martocci  

High-Performance LMO-enabled, High Temperature Superconducting Wires

• High-current, second generation superconducting wire with combination of strength, flexibility, fabricability, throughput and low cost needed for power-grid applications, including coils and motors.
• Set three world records for superconducting in 2006.
  Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and SuperPower Inc.  

Large Area Imager for Standoff Detection

• Search instrument capable of finding radiation sources within a 100-meter swath while traveling at 25 mph.
• Reduces search time for radiation sources by a factor of 25 and has unprecedented sensitivity to weak sources.
  Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California-Berkeley

Armstrong Process CP Ti and Ti Alloy Powder and Products

• New cost effective method of producing titanium powder.
• Most significant development in the titanium industry in 50 years.
  Developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, International Titanium Powder, BAE Systems, AMETEK, National Energy Technology Laboratory and Red Devil Brakes

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

High-Efficiency Metamorphic Multi-junction Concentrator Solar Cell

• First solar cell to break the 40 percent conversion efficiency barrier.
• Triple-junction cell is uniquely designed with unevenly-spaced atoms, which gives designers more materials to choose from to create higher-efficiency solar cells. 
  Developers: National Renewable Energy Laboratory