10 NASA Inventions, Surely use Every Day and Did not Know – Part 3

Every year since 1976, NASA has published a list of all technologies and products sold related to their research. The Journal of the NASA ” Spin-off ” shows that these products are improvements in pacemaker, in the state of the exercise machines or satellite radio. Each product has been made ??possible by an idea of NASA innovation or by you.

But it does not take a genius to use many of these spin-offs . Read on to finish now know those inventions that are so familiar.

3. Security slots

Make furrows not sound very innovative, but it certainly keeps us safe on the roads. Slots or grooves safety (safety grooving) are insertions or long and shallow channels in the track or road pavement.These slots in the concrete divert excess water from the surface to reduce its amount between the tires and the track or path. This increases contact between the wheel and the asphalt , thereby improving vehicle safety.

The security slots were designed for the first time in the Langley Research Center of NASA in the mid-60s , emerged as a way to improve the planes taking off on wet runways. Once they realized how well it worked, civil engineers began to apply the same techniques to roads.

According to NASA , the security slots have reduced road accidents by 85 percent.

Today, you can find them in the walkways, around pools, in animal pens, etc.. This innovation has spawned an entire industry, represented by the International Grooving Grinding Association .

2. Cordless

When you’re lying in bed watching TV or movies with the laptop, you’re actually using the same technology used by astronauts on the Moon. Although Black & Decker had already invented the first battery tool in 1961, the NASA helped refine the technology that led to wireless devices all know today.

In the decade of the 60s , to prepare for missions to the Moon, NASA needed a tool that astronauts could use to obtain samples of rocks and soil. The drill had to be lightweight, compact and powerful enough to dig deep into the surface of the Moon. Go with a drill of yards and yards of cable to the Moon would have been a difficult feat, while comic. For that reason, NASA and Black & Decker drill battery invented a magnet motor.

After the project of NASA , Black & Decker applied the same principles to other lighter and better batteries, a range of consumer products on foot.

1. Water Filters

Water is the essential ingredient for human survival. Since people can not live without water, the ability to convert contaminated water into pure water is a major scientific achievement.

Astronauts need a way to clean the water they have available in the area, and some bacteria or disease that would have caused a very problematic situation. Water filters have been around since the mid- 50s, but NASA wanted to know how to clean the water in the most extreme situations and keep it clean for longer periods of time.

If you look at a water filter, you can detect small lumps of coal inside them. In fact, the first time I used black specks out blackened or water. This is particularly activated carbon containing silver ions that neutralize pathogens in the water . Not only kill bacteria in the water, but also prevent their growth.

Many companies that have taken this same filtration technology and use in our homes to drink pure, clean water.

10 NASA Inventions, Surely use Every Day and Did not Know – Part 2

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