10. Satellite TV Dishes - NASA developed this technology to reduce noise in TV Signals coming from satellites.
9. Enriched Baby Food – Nasa sponsored research made major improvements to commercially available baby food called Formulaid.
8. Sneaker Insoles - Many shoe manufacturers began replacing their standard foam rubber soles and padding them with “viscoelastic” bubbles which copied an idea from an idea from NASA who developed the material to better cushion astronauts during blastoff.
7.Ear Thermometer -Manufacturers wanted a safer way to take a person’s temperature, and who better to turn to than NASA. Together, they developed a fast and accurate thermometer that detects infrared radiation from the eardrum and gives a digital readout in less than two seconds.
6. Recycled Pavement - Nasa went green a long time ago when they came up with an idea to reuse old tires by freezing them to below -200 degrees Fahrenheit. They then separated the rubber from other materials resulting in a material called crumb which is used to build highways and roads.
5. InvisibleBraces - Invisible braces, which are made of a nearly invisible translucent ceramic material is a direct spinoff of NASA’s advanced ceramic research to develop new, tough materials for spacecraft and aircraft.
4. Medical Imaging – Developed from NASA’s research to find better ways to process signals from spacecraft and produce clearer images. This technology spun-off into a process which makes it possible to take photo-like images of our insides.
3. Fire Fighter Equipment – Fire fighters wear suits made of fire resistant fabric developed for use in space suits.
2. Better Pacemakers - A NASA-developed system of communication called bi-directional telemetry, originally used to communicate with satellites led a similar system which allows doctors to make functional changes to a pacemaker and receive updates on how the device is interacting with the patient — all without picking up a scalpel.
1. Smoke Detector – First used in the Earth orbiting space station called Skylab to help detect toxic vapors. This invention led to the 1979 introduction of inexpensive photoelectric detection devices, which go off when smoke blocks the light beam.
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