Wednesday, 12 August 2009

13 Mainstream Products Originally Invented For Space Travel




Radar magazine has a gallery of thirteen consumer products that were originally developed by space exploration programs.


For example smoke detectors.

Smoke detectors were originally installed on the Skylab space station in the early 1970s to alert crew members of unexpected fumes. Smoke detectors are now required by law in every U.S. residence to prevent house fires.

(via Neatorama)

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