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Money spent on NASA has provided significant breakthroughs in science that includes the internet, MRIs, ear thermometers, automatic insulin pumps, implantable h
by julius_set 9y ago
Money spent on NASA has provided significant breakthroughs in science that includes the internet, MRIs, ear thermometers, automatic insulin pumps, implantable heart defibrillators, fiber optics, light emitting diodes for brain cancer surgery, programmable cataracts, long distance telescopes, solar energy, artificial limbs, memory foam, shoe insoles, smoke detectors, water filters, enriched food, and tons of software.
Smoke alarms alone have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
- fmblwntr 9y ago"NASA did not invent the smoke detector. NASA's connection to the modern smoke detector is that it made one with adjustable sensitivity as part of the Skylab project. The device was made commercially available by Honeywell. The consumer could use it to avoid "nuisance" alarms while cooking. Like the quartz clock, this device is no longer available. " https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/home/mythbuster/myth_barcodes.html https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/home/mythbuster/myth_barcod... edit: actually pretty much none of the things you listed were invented by NASA, several predate its existence.