27 NASA Inventions You Use EVERYDAY

Space may be the final frontier, but chances are, you’ve got some space age technology in your home right now. Maybe even in your pocket. Heck, maybe it IS your pocket. The space program in many ways is “the people’s science lab”, and so here’s the rundown on some NASA goodies that have trickled down to us regular peeps over the years:

1. Better tires for your car
2. Pavement grooves
3. The smoke detector
4. Fireproof paint
5. Invisible Braces
6. Infrared thermometers
7. Memory foam
8. Artificial Limbs
9. Solar Panels
10. Enriched Baby Formula
11. Video Enhancing and Analysis Systems
12. The Dustbuster
13. Ventricular Assist Device
14. Land Mine Removal
15. Improved Mine Safety
16. Chemical Detection
17. Freeze Dried Food - In planning for the long-duration Apollo missions, NASA conducted extensive research into space food. Freeze drying is when foods are cooked, flash frozen, and then slowly heated in a vacuum chamber to remove the ice crystals formed by the freezing process. The final product retains 98 percent of its nutrition and weighs only 20 percent of its original weight. That means some pretty tasty food options for backpacking and for situations where all you have is boiling water. Astronaut ice cream anyone?
18. Food safety
19. Performance shoe insoles
20. Pollution Remediation - Petroleum Remediation Product or “PRP,” has revolutionized the way oil spills are cleaned. NASA tech, duh.
21. Water purification
22. LED lighting - High-intensity LED (Light-emitting Diodes) units were developed for the NASA space shuttles. They’re ultrabright and use tiny amounts of power. And now they’re in everything from lightbulbs to cellphones.
23. Eye Screening
24. Scratch resistant coatings
25. The Internet of Things
26. Mylar - You encounter mylar all the time. Big silvery balloons, toaster pastries, blankets for marathon runners. Mylar is a special polyester film that has been metalized, making it ultra thin, ultra strong, and because it reflects radiation and heat, it’s just perfect for space travel. Mylar was designed for NASA’s Project Echo, a balloon satellite experiment that preceded the Mercury program.
27. Satellites

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[mmeyarham]

I showed this video to my grade 9 students. They thought the best items were the clear braces, the memory foam and the Mylar that is used for Pop-Tart wrappers. Thanks so much for making this video :)

[Dusty]

NASA worked with DuPont to develop LCP (Liquid Crystal polymer) for the space suit material. This has been used for High Temperature plastic resin for connectors as well, and Your LED lights and Televisions use this.

[desertrose]

I used to work in a store selling loads of stuff with memory foam. Now I'm slightly sad I never knew the fine folks at NASA were the progenitors of that great substance. I bet sales would increase if more people knew about that connection.

[bionicoverload]

As always, I enjoyed the video! And I think the astronaut ice cream is weird but good too lol

[lesliecreath]

wish I could show this in my classroom :-/

[MrTwiddleFish]

The PRP was really cool to learn about

[hey_not_found]

The most mind-blowing is that NASA made BABY FORMULA!!!

[leland]

This is why the "space" program should be fully funded and the Pentagon should be cut in half. Unless, of course, one thinks that military personnel getting their limbs blown off really helps the development of artificial limbs. I'm sure there are some who do think just that. They are called psychopaths or sociopath or politicians. Very interesting video.

[MohdAradi]

I now understand what they call corny or dad jokes.

[jaylinpatel]

The video was great make a more longer list

[ahmedhasan]

this dood looks like Rumpelstiltskin frum the shrek movie

[BASavage]

Another shortened list, but still fun. btw, NASA developed Tempur material, not memory foam. However memory foam is a spin off of tempur material.

[RedDawnReadiness]

Space maybe the final frontier BUT ITS MADE IN HOLLYWOOD BASEMENT

[pixel]

cool video and all but why do the presenter has to be so over the top... it's getting distracting and frankly even obnoxious over time.

[Stacy_Smith]

WHOA!!! I've seen countless videos that bust the picture/video enhancing (VISAR) myth. Now you're telling me it's real?

[johnsoutherland]

Where did you find your facts?? Half this stuff was adapted to not created by the space program. And Skylab predates the ISS by 30 yrs.

[nevillemadden]

Want to know more about SPINOFFS ? ...
.. Check out NASA's Spinoff Publications !!!

[theguidance]

I have a feeling some of these were stolen

[samlosco]

As much money NASA get they should be doing a lot more than they do. They do vary little so they can have bigger paychecks

[brandeistownsend]

We been having pocket for hundreds of years thousand no they didn't