robin said:
The technique of CT scanning was developed by the British inventor Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work which was not connected to to space travel. .
Clarify:
Digital signal-processing techniques, originally developed to computer-enhance pictures of the Moon for the Apollo Program, are an indispensable part of Computer-Aided Tomography (CAT) scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technologies used today in hospitals worldwide.
I noticed you attribute no recognition to
Allan Cormack, who had independently derived and published the mathematical basis of CAT scanning in 1963–64.
He shared in the Nobel prize equally but then he was just an American.
robin said:
The digital image processing techniques are developed in hospitals & in the very dept in which I work. Also in regard to space, these techniques would have been developed by NASA for satellite image enhancement of earth & other planets using telescopes, regardless of manned missions..
Still need those lotto numbers man as long as you are predicting the future please. Thanks.
robin said:
As for air purifiers & fast cook ovens. ..
Enersyst Development Center of Dallas,-
air impingement technology
Prototype
robin said:
The cavity magnetron (microwave oven) was invented by an another Englishman for WWII radar initially.
Air purifiers invented owe their existence to the space station ! LOL
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Ill be
more specific:The
AiroCide TiO2 is an air-purifier that kills 93.3 percent of airborne pathogens that pass through it, including Bacillus anthraci, more commonly known as anthrax. It is essentially a spinoff of KES Science & Technology, Inc.’s Bio-KES system, a highly effective device used by the produce industry for ethylene gas removal to aid in preserving the freshness of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The TiO2-based ethylene removal technology that is incorporated into the company’s AiroCide TiO2 and Bio-KES products was first integrated into a pair of International Space Station plant-growth chambers known as ASTROCULTURE™ and ADVANCED ASTROCULTURE.™ Both chambers have housed commercial plant growth experiments in space.
robin said:
May I remind you that without the money spent on manned missions the money would probably have gone anyway to universities instead & useful inventions would still have arisen regardless...
I love the way you present your "facts" with phrases like
probably and
would have been developed.
Im not interested in what you want to have happened. I am more interested in what actually occured. You are debating like a liberal now and I am getting bored with this thread.
If you cant give me the lotto numbers for Wednesday night then I disbelieve your ability to accurately predict the future
robin said:
Nasa claim to have invented cordless 'Power tools' !.
This one to be exact.
Computer-Controlled Power Tool
The one with the onboard computer, that provides enhanced capabilities for control of speed and torque, detection of faults, and analysis of operation.
"This invention has been patented by NASA (U.S. Patent No. 5,903,462). Inquiries concerning nonexclusive or exclusive license for its commercial development should be addressed to the Patent Counsel, Goddard Space Flight Center; (301) 286-7351. Refer to GSC-13879. "
robin said:
I just do not accept that the obvious idea of sticking a NiCd battery in a power tool only came about because of manned space missions.
And well you should not!
That idea is not what we are talking about and I hope I clarified that for you.
All posted infomation is publically available if you feel like looking.
Have a nice day sir.