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Many Americans recall the days of the Space Race of the late 1960’s as the United States and the Soviet Union each sought to become the first nation to put a man into outer space and then to land a man on the moon. It’s been said that the many technological advances that came out of the space program at this time have been a boon to American industry and have contributed to the quality of life here on Earth in addition to serving their role in the space program. That’s true. Indeed, many new products continue to be created from the scientific results of NASA’s development efforts and scientific experiments. While many of these developments are industrial in nature and relate to improved manufacturing techniques and things to which most of us are not often exposed, some of the common applications of NASA technology may be surprising.

One of the hottest products on the market today is the AeroGarden home hydroponics garden that allows individual consumers to grow vegetables and herbs indoors all year long without the use of soil. The company that designed and manufactures the product, actually used NASA studies designed to advance aeroponic gardening during spaceflight in the development of their product. Instead of providing fresh produce during spaceflight, these NASA experiments are now helping us all eat home grown vegetables throughout the year.

Digital photography is all the rage these days, btu did you know that the commonly used second generation of digital image sensors, the CMOS, was developed from research conducted NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The CMOS chip uses less energy than the older CCD digital image sensors and is constructed like a conventional microprocessor or memory chip allowing more efficient (and cheaper) production.

If you sleep on a memory foam mattress, mattress topper or memory foam pillow at night, then you can also than NASA research for your comfortable night’s sleep. Memory foan, also called Temper Foam, and Slow Spring Back Foam, was the result of NASA effort to improve energy absorbent seating materials for increased survivability and crash resistance. Although it was original licensed only to a company called Dynamic Systems, memory foam is broadly licensed today and is made by many manufacturers who have improved the methods by which it is made and made memory foam mattress products much more affordable for the American consumer.

These are just a few of the interesting products to originate with NASA research efforts. Many other surprising applications of space technology have resulted in thing s like low friction swimsuits, ergonomic chairs, highly efficient water purifiers, portable heart rate monitors, tankless water heaters and too many more too mention. For a comprehensive list visit NASA’s online Scientific and Technical Database at www.sti.nasa.gov/spinoff/database.