
It came from outer space everyday products and ideas from the space program
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It came from outer space everyday products and ideas from the space program
Yazar:
Bijlefeld, Marjolijn, 1960-
ISBN:
9780313058417
9781429473842
9780313322228
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Yayın Bilgileri:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2003.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (xx, 242 p.) : ill.
İçerik:
Airline deicer, "ice zapper" -- Anthrax protection -- Anti-fog spray -- Anti-shock trousers -- Athletic shoe improvements -- Baby food -- Better braces -- Biofeedback improvements -- Bionic eyes -- Breast biopsy system -- Burn treatment -- Child presence sensor -- Cold-weather clothing -- Cool suits -- Cordless tools -- Digital nose -- Doppler radar, helping aircraft avoid danger -- Ergonomic chairs -- Fire safety -- Food preparation -- Fresher vegetables -- Glasses and sunglasses improvements -- Golf ball improvements -- Golf club improvements -- Hang gliders -- Healing light -- Heart monitor improvements -- Heart pump -- Heart rate monitor -- Implantable cardiac defibrillator -- Infrared detector improvements -- Infrared thermometer -- Insulin pumps -- Joysticks for computers -- Knee brace improvements -- Landmine removal -- Laptop computers -- Laser angioplasty -- Memory foam -- Memory metals -- Microthermal fabrics -- Osteoporosis detection and prevention -- Pacemaker improvements -- Pill transmitters -- Pool filters -- Quantum tubers -- Race car insulation -- Railroad anti-icer -- Rescue cutters -- Riblets for drag reduction -- Robotic surgery -- Satellite radio -- Saving harbor porpoises -- Self-contained ecosystems -- Self-righting life raft -- Ski boot improvements -- Smart surgical probe -- Space pen -- "Space Rose" perfume -- Stadium roofs -- Toy gliders -- Traffic intersection safety -- Video camera improvements -- Virtual reality -- Weather, climate, and geologic mapping -- Wildfire control -- ZeoponiX -- Appendix A.A brief history of NASA / Stephen J. Garber, Roger D. Launius -- Appendix B. Regional Technology Transfer Centers -- Appendix C. NASA field centers and facilities -- Appendix D. NASA's Space Product Development program -- Appendix E. Lesson plans -- Appendix F. What's on the Web -- Appendix G. Glossary.
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