New Web Feature Shows How NASA Technologies Improve Our Lives

Feb. 26, 2008

Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997
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RELEASE: 08-069

NEW WEB FEATURE SHOWS HOW NASA TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVE OUR LIVES

WASHINGTON - NASA has added to its Web site an interactive program
that allows users to discover some of the many NASA technologies that
positively impact everyday life. NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale
unveiled NASA at Home and NASA City Tuesday in Denver at the 3rd
Space Exploration Conference.

The interactive site takes users on an illustrated tour of the
commercial technologies and products in their homes and cities that
trace their origins to NASA's investment in space and aeronautics
research and development. NASA has documented more than 1,500
examples of how NASA technologies have been used for bettering life
on Earth.

Visitors can scroll over technologies grouped by themes such as the
home, airport, grocery store, sports arena, hospital, public safety,
and manufacturing. After entering an area, users can read a short
description of the technology to learn more about products such as
temperature-regulated clothing from materials used in astronauts'
suits and gloves, wireless headset telephone technology pioneered to
transmit the first words from the moon, fire-resistant paint and
steel coatings from NASA's heat shield technology, and
remote-controlled ovens based on technology used aboard the
International Space Station.

Users also can connect to NASA's complete database of associated
spinoff technologies from NASA at Home and NASA City.

To view NASA at Home and NASA City, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/mmgallery/index.html

For more information about NASA's plans to travel to the moon and
beyond, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration


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