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Lemonly Out-of-this-World Inventions: Products Made Possible by Space Exploration

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Your glasses, your baby’s formula, the mattress you sleep on — turns out, space exploration has been upgrading everyday life for decades. This piece of microcontent breaks down six common products that trace their origins back to NASA research and technology.

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Source: NASA (scratch-resistant lenses, baby formula, memory foam, ear thermometers, portable computers, camera phones)

Out-of-this-world inventions: Products made possible by space exploration

Out-of-this-world inventions

Products made possible by space exploration

  • Scratch-resistant lenses: Diamond-hard coatings designed for spacecraft now cover everyday eyewear
  • Baby formula: Algae-derived nutrients developed through space ecosystem research now appear in most infant formula
  • Memory foam: Shock-absorbing material designed to protect astronauts from G-forces made its way to mattresses
  • Ear thermometers: Infrared sensors built to measure star temperatures found a new home in medicine cabinets
  • Portable computers: The GRiD Compass, developed for Space Shuttle missions, paved the way for the modern laptop
  • Camera phones: Miniaturized imaging tech built for spacecraft now lives in the camera in your pocket

Source: NASA (scratch-resistant lenses, baby formula, memory foam, ear thermometers, portable computers, camera phones)

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