Civilian Technologies that were invented for Military.
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1. When you rely on the GPS app on that Android phone to keep
yourself from getting lost, youre using the same Global Positioning
System satellites set up by the U.S. Department of Defense in the
early 1990s. At President Clintons behest, the system became
available to civilian users in 1996.
2. Dippin Dots, anyone? The technology thats now used to make
freeze-dried ice cream was first used widely during World War II as
a way of preserving medical supplies that otherwise required
refrigeration.
3. EpiPens, the auto-injecting syringes that allow you to give
yourself a quick shot of epinephrine to stave off an allergic
reaction, sprung from a similar device designed to protect soldiers
from nerve agents and chemical weapons.
4. British soldiers began sporting cargo pants in the 1930s
because they offered a convenient way to carry vital military gear
like ammunition. American troops adopted them just a few years
later, and the general public began to wear them in the 1990s.
5. In 1942, duct tape was invented for the military as a way to
seal ammunition cases so that water couldnt get in. Soldiers during
WWII quickly realized that it worked well for fixing army gear,
too.
6. You know those canisters you use in order to get gasoline to
put in your lawnmower? They were initially developed for the
7. The Jeep has come a long way since it was first manufactured
for American troops to use on reconnaissance missions in WWII. Now
celebrating its 70th anniversary, some new models of the worlds
oldest SUV come equipped with luxuries such as leather- wrapped
steering wheels, DVD players, and touchscreen media consoles.
8. ENIAC, the first electronic computer that was capable of
being programmed to serve many different purposes, was designed for
the U.S. military during WWII. The army paid for the computer to be
built so they could use it in their Ballistic Research
Laboratory.
9. In 1945, an American scientist realized accidentally that
the radar transmitters used by the U.S. Army throughout WWII
actually released enough heatin the form of microwavesthat they
could cook food. This technology was used to construct the