SMRTR TechJan 27, 2026Ars Technica

Why NASA, IMSA, and tech companies are teaming up on tech transfer

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NASA, IMSA, and technology companies have partnered to create IMSA Labs, which leverages the massive amounts of high-quality data generated by race cars during endurance racing to develop better automotive simulations and AI systems. Each race car collects data from 1,600 different sensors, creating what researchers call "dream" conditions for machine learning applications that can improve both racing performance and road car technologies.

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