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NSF has funded all sorts of major advancements and inventions we depend on: cloud computing, multicore processors, wireless networks, fiber optics, computer gra
by musicale 3y ago
NSF has funded all sorts of major advancements and inventions we depend on: cloud computing, multicore processors, wireless networks, fiber optics, computer graphics, bar codes, MRI, PCR, CRISPR, improved LASIK, doppler radar, modern internet and web, cryptography, AI/ML, etc.
Also: Google (pageRank, data centers), Nvidia (CUDA), VMware (virtualization), Qualcomm (CDMA) - many tech companies have leveraged research (and people) funded by NSF.
On the NIH funded/medical side we can look at things like mRNA vaccines, which may be transformative in fighting many diseases.
On the DOE-funded side we seem to be seeing major advancements in nuclear fusion.
On the DARPA side modern self-driving cars (and associated businesses) seem to derive from DARPA's grand challenge in the 2000s.