NASA has a history of creating inventions that not only change the world but also shape the way we live and work today. Look at some of NASA's innovations and see how they have shaped society today. 1. The Space Pen According to NASA, when Russian scientists first saw astronauts us...
Beam me to the stars: Scientists propose wild new interstellar travel tech By Victoria Corless published January 23, 2025 "Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to...
Throughout this article, we delve deep into the NASA archives to discover the innovative research and inventions that made ten of the most common everyday household products possible. Related: Who invented the telescope? Water filters Spin-off from: Spacecraft filtration Mission: Apollo program ...
Inventions are always coming to make our lives easier,greener and more interesting. 67 What will inventors dream up next? Iron Man Suit,XS 2 68 Dream no more. There’s a real Iron Man suit. XS 2. which instantly changes the person wearing it. The suit provides the power to lift 200...
The use of wood, in their practice, has become more than a building philosophy, it has turned into a philosophy. “Trees have a life of their own, and you feel a deep respect for the time it has taken to grow. We work with something alive, an organic material. We can’t do as ...
Cardon said in a press release that his involvement in the Space Poop Challenge was “a ton of fun,” and that he involved his entire family and co-workers, and that his small family practice office “was in an uproar” while he was working on his inventions. ...
Combining engineering, materials science and physics, a team of scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) were able to design a new nanomaterial that can be controlled via temperature to either reflect or transmit light on demand. With this
It must be everyone’s birthday today because [Ken Shirriff] has come out with a gift for us. He’s doneanother pass at reverse engineering the 76477 Space Invaders sound chipfrom the 1970s and found it’s full of integrated injection logic (I2L), making it a double treat: we get to...
At long last, we're going to learn which astronauts will fly NASA's first crewed mission to the moon of the Artemis generation. Today, April 3, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will announce the four astronauts who will fly on theArtemis 2 missionaround the moon in 2024. That crew is...
Countries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and lots of time on various space missions, whether to Mars or other planets much further away. Some people argue that we should stop wasting time and money exploring space. Instead, we should feed the world’s poor and find immediat...