Using NASA World Wind technology in home
Are you aware that the mind-blowing technology NASA is popular everywhere is now also useful in your homes to make your work easier? Do you use a drill machine in your house? The technology that made these products has come from the NASA’s Apollo Program. Actually, the history goes this way. The astronauts needed something to drill about ten feet beneath the surface of the moon to collect the core samples. The requirement for this drill was that it had to be lightweight, small and battery powered. In order to make this drill, NASA selected a company, Black and Decker, well known for its cordless products.
This drill became so popular that time as it was of great help for many simple household chores. Now, the Black and Decker Company sell about 400 millions dollars worth cordless, rechargeable products every year.
I think you might have wake up in the midnight by a smoke detector. It would be quite bad in your home, but just imagine having a fire on your spaceship. In 1970, NASA was in need of a fire and smoke detector for the first space station of America, Skylab. These smoke detectors developed, completely by NASA are now legally required to be fitted in all the new homes. They are accredited to save a number of lives.
Have you heard about water filters? Yes, the filters that many families have now started placing in their homes as a preventive measure for their children. One well-liked model is the HOME Guardian Filter. This filter makes use of the technique that was developed by NASA in association with WWI. NASA has developed a system to purify the drinking water of the astronauts during the Apollo Program. In this method, it focused on the use of ions as a part of the water filtering system.
This filtering system makes the water free from chlorine, lead, odor, bad taste and other bad stuffs. These filter units can control big volumes of water. Now, they are used in building, cities towns and countries wherever the water is contaminated.
Next application is home insulation. Have you ever wondered that why your electricity bill is so high? Till recently, home insulation was not exactly described under science. However, can you believe now that there is a company that will make your installations and guarantee that your house will be using only a particular number of Kw hours every year? Yes, this is true. We should thank to the Apollo spacecraft that developed the aluminum heat shield.
It combines the technology of space and other high tech ideas that offers you noteworthy savings in the heating and cooling costs of your house. The Smart house Radiant Barrier derived form NASA reflects about 95% of the sun’s radiant energy. This keeps your house cool. Thanks, to the technology of NASA. It has proven to be tremendously useful in our homes.
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