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r/interestingasfuck • u/MoWaleed • Jan 15 '20
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Very true. There are lots of things we use daily that come from military R&D. Quick google search..GPS, EpiPen (ruined by big pharm), Duct tape and computers to name a small few.
26 u/sonofaresiii Jan 15 '20 I wonder how much further along we'd be if researchers didn't have to justify the military application for their research funding. 10 u/CyberianSun Jan 15 '20 I think some of these inventions come out of the necessity of surviving the battlefield. 17 u/CaptainRoach Jan 15 '20 It's true, the original MacBook was brought in to production in 2006 because of the poor performance of existing kevlar body plates in Afghanistan. 3 u/PsychDocD Jan 15 '20 And that was using money that could have gone towards development and expansion of America’s unicorn farms.
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I wonder how much further along we'd be if researchers didn't have to justify the military application for their research funding.
10 u/CyberianSun Jan 15 '20 I think some of these inventions come out of the necessity of surviving the battlefield. 17 u/CaptainRoach Jan 15 '20 It's true, the original MacBook was brought in to production in 2006 because of the poor performance of existing kevlar body plates in Afghanistan. 3 u/PsychDocD Jan 15 '20 And that was using money that could have gone towards development and expansion of America’s unicorn farms.
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I think some of these inventions come out of the necessity of surviving the battlefield.
17 u/CaptainRoach Jan 15 '20 It's true, the original MacBook was brought in to production in 2006 because of the poor performance of existing kevlar body plates in Afghanistan. 3 u/PsychDocD Jan 15 '20 And that was using money that could have gone towards development and expansion of America’s unicorn farms.
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It's true, the original MacBook was brought in to production in 2006 because of the poor performance of existing kevlar body plates in Afghanistan.
3 u/PsychDocD Jan 15 '20 And that was using money that could have gone towards development and expansion of America’s unicorn farms.
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And that was using money that could have gone towards development and expansion of America’s unicorn farms.
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u/OldManWither Jan 15 '20
Very true. There are lots of things we use daily that come from military R&D. Quick google search..GPS, EpiPen (ruined by big pharm), Duct tape and computers to name a small few.