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Icosystem was selected by NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) for a Phase I award. NIAC supports projects for revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts that could dramatically impact how NASA develops and conducts its missions. "These new Phase I awards have the potential for enabling future missions that are not thought to be possible with current systems. As a result of the process of exploring advanced concepts, new enabling technologies may be identified that could impact near-term plans and missions," said Dr. Robert Cassanova of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Cassanova is the NIAC director. The USRA runs NIAC for NASA. Icosystem proposed to apply its proprietary interactive search technology to design food from a set of basic ingredients. The long-term vision for this work is to develop a machine that can help astronauts by making a potentially vast selection of foods based on the astronauts' subjective preferences. The Phase I award is for a six-month proof of concept, and an amount of $75,000. A copy of the abstract describing the proposed work can be found on the NIAC web site. About Icosystem Corporation Icosystem Corporation, a strategy consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has emerged as a leader in the development of business applications for network theory and complexity science. Using the tools of complexity science and advanced computational techniques, Icosystem provides a highly flexible and cost-effective technology platform for exploring business problems and discovering or designing strategies that have significant impact. Icosystem's approach uses realistic models of complex business environments and evolutionary and distributed computational techniques to validate new business ventures or improve the performance of existing enterprises. |
