Thanks to partnerships with various research teams and companies, NASA continues to spawn a vast array of new technologies and products that have improved our daily lives. Each year since 1976, NASA has published a list in its journal called “Spinoff” of every commercialized technology and product linked to its research. Even if you didn’t realize it, chances are you’ve used one of the products featured in your everyday life. For example:
- Teenagers everywhere can thank NASA for inventing the material that makes those invisible braces invisible.
- NASA's moon boots were one small step for man and one giant leap for the athletic shoe.
- The ability to carry on long-distance telephone conversations did not happen overnight, but you can partially thank NASA inventions over decades for the ability to call someone in Beijing from Boston.