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Subject:	URL: Fifty Innovations Driven By NSF Research Funding
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Date:	Wed, 8 Jan 2003 00:58:39 GMT
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Lots of geeky things listed here on this US National Science Foundation page. http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nsf50/nsfoutreach/htm/n50_z2/pages_z3/text_list.htm The Nifty Fifty: Innovations Driven By NSF Research Funding 1. Accelerating, Expanding Universe 2. American Sign Language Dictionary Development 3. Antarctic Ozone Hole Research 4. Antifreeze Proteins-Secrets For Mankind 5. Arabidopsis-A Plant Genome Project 6. Bar Codes 7. Black Holes Confirmed 8. Bucky Balls 9. Cad/Cam 10. Computer Visualization Techniques 11. The Darci Card 12. Data Compression Technology 13. Discovery Of Planets 14. Doppler Radar 15. Earthquake Mitigation 16. Edible Vaccinations 17. Effects Of Acid Rain 18. El Niño And La Niña Predictions 19. The "Eye Chip" Or Retina Chip 20. Fiber Optics 21. Fire Research Management 22. Fireflies, Fruitflies Aid New Research Advances In The Body's 24-Hr Clock 23. Gamma Ray Bursts 24. Gemini Telescopes 25. Genomics Bio-Pharming With Plants 26. Hantavirus Identification 27. Hot Springs Bacterium Discovery Key To Dna Fingerprinting 28. The Internet 29. L.I.G.O. Project-Gravitational-Wave Observatory 30. Mri-Magnetic Resonance Imaging 31. Microburst Research 32. Mems-Micro- Electro-Mechanical Systems 33. Nanotechnology 34. The National Observatories 35. Overcoming Heavy Metals 36. Overcoming Salt Toxicity 37. The Paci Program 38. Panel Study On Income Dynamics 39. Persons With Disabilities Access To The Web 40. Project Listen 41. Reaction Injection Molding 42. Sheba Program 43. Speech Recognition Technology 44. Star Tap-Science, Technology And Research Transit Access Point 45. Tissue Engineering 46. Tumor Detection 47. Vbns-Very High Speed Backbone Network System 48. Volcanic Eruption Detection 49. Web Browsers 50. Yellow Barrels

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		Re: URL: Fifty Innovations Driven By NSF Research Funding
(...) Whew, good thing the NSF funded that. Otherwise, we might be stuck with a shrinking universe, and who wants that? (...) See, now, if you ask me, I'd say they could have skipped that one. (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: URL: Fifty Innovations Driven By NSF Research Funding
(...) Oh and, from this article: The vBNS is only available for meritorious research projects with high-bandwidth uses and is not used for general Internet traffic. Y'know, like students swapping movies before they've come out in theaters, that sort (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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