I’m working on a piece about funding basic science and if you’ve never explored https://spinoff.nasa.gov, I would really encourage you to do so. Even though I’ve been doing this for 20 years, it really is humbling and informative to see the ways in which space science works its way into our daily lives.
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https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/tech/
- improved CCDs for digital mammography biopsy (so they can use a needle instead of surgery
- micro-endoscopes allow micro-invasive arthroscopic surgery with more accurate diagnoses
- improvements in printing tiny circuits like in computers = cheaper and better