There's also gov and private research, and the things in between. GPS for example is DoD, the gov gov has funded lots of companies that make new things, like In

There's also gov and private research, and the things in between. GPS for example is DoD, the gov gov has funded lots of companies that make new things, like In-Q-Tel funding Keyhole which made the precursor to Google Earth[1], or Oracle which gets it's name from the program it was developed for.[2] This is not to disparage academia and fundamental research, but it's not the only possible way to make new stuff. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel [2]https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238 https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-p...