Technology Applications Information System

Overview
The SDI Organization's (SDIO's) Office of Technology Applications runs an online database, the Technology Applications Information System (TAIS), that is open to American corporations and citizens free-of-charge. The database contains nearly 2,000 abstracts of SDI-funded technologies, and is continually updated and expanded to include new developments in SDI research. By requesting more information on a technology, the TAIS refers users to the SDI researchers involved with the technology. This first-hand access to a technical expert helps users commercialize the research.