Tech Briefs Media Group-(Note-NASA Tech Briefs) and The Tech Briefs Contest are part of the same publishing group. The (500) word abstract article had to meet conditions of :"Scientific - Pre-qualification " to be considered to be published under the scientific applications it was approved to be published under). You can read this (that was reviewed by Judges qualified to judge scientific criteria) at - http://contest.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/1845