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== NASA spinoff technologies ==
For more than 40 years, the [[NASA Innovative Partnerships Program]] has connected [[NASA]] resources to private industry, referring to the commercial products as spinoffs. Well-known spinoffs include [[memory foam]] (also known as temper foam), [[freeze-dried food]], firefighting equipment, emergency "[[space blanket]]s", [[Dustbuster]]s, [[cochlear implant]]s, and now [[Speedo]]'s [[LZR Racer]] swimsuits. There are over 1650 other spinoffs in the fields of computer technology, environment and agriculture, health and medicine, public safety, transportation, recreation, and industrial productivity. Contrary to common belief, NASA did not invent Tang, Velcro, or Teflon.[http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinfaq.htm#spinfaq12] (For more, see the Wikipedia entries for [[Tang (drink)|Tang]], [[Velcro|Velcro,]] and [[Teflon|Teflon.]])
In 2008, NASA unveiled an interactive Web feature, ''NASA City and NASA Home'',[http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index.htm] which illustrates how space research affects ordinary life.
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