Helmets
Our parents always tell us to put on our helmets before we ride our bikes and for good reason.Helmets protect your head from serious injuries.Did you know that when you put on a helmet you are actually using NASA Technology? The shock-absorbing foam inside helmets was develped by NASA to protect astronauts from injury during lift off.
Shock Absorbing Athletic Shoes
The same NASA technology used in space boots is also in some of your running shoes. The foam reduces the energy absorbed by the shoes and actually redistributes the energy back to the athlete. This makes them faster!
Plasma Display Screens
Using a combination of phosphate and glass NASA scientists made plasma screens more flexiable by using small gas filled spheres to make the curved surface.
The improvement of vibration control in tennis rackets, golf clubs, hockey sticks, skis, baseball bats, snowboards, and etc. have been brought about by the NASA- supported development of a thin electrode-filled self powering patch, originally designed in the blades of helicopter and airplane wings.
