NASA's new website shows impact of space tech on everyday lives

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NASA (Representational Image)
NASA (Representational Image)

New Delhi : NASA space research organisation has launched an interactive website for users who wants to know the impact of space technology on everyday lives. The user-friendly website allows users to discover common items that the space agency helped improve, such as water purifiers, selfie cameras etc.

NASA space technology which was actually developed for studying and exploring space, seems to have strong presence on commercial products.

NASA Home & City features about 130 spinoff technologies in a virtual space, allowing users to tour through buildings and rooms to discover common items that NASA inspired or helped improve. 

Our space technology continues to improve life on Earth," said Jim Reuter, acting associate administrator of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. 

"NASA Home & City is a place of discovery for people, and especially students, who have ever wondered why space exploration should matter to them," said Reuter. 

For now, only a small sample of NASA spinoff and dual-purpose technologies have been showcased in the website.

The spinoffs include water filtration systems originally designed to purify water for the Apollo astronauts. 

The silver ion technology purifies and softens water while inhibiting bacteria growth in filtering units. 

Today, manufacturers of home-based water filtering systems use this combined technology to purify water and objectionable tastes and odours.

Wind turbines designed for Mars and tested in Antarctica can be found generating power all over the globe. 

NASA spacesuits and fire-fighter gear use a similar fabric. 

In the 1990s a NASA engineer built a new kind of image sensor which requires very low power and is highly efficient making it ideal for digital and cell phone cameras.