For most individuals, Memorial Day is the unofficial begin of summer time, the time to begin kicking back and enjoying the warm climate and leisure time with family members and pals. But as most of us know, the vacation has somber overtones as it is the day when the U.S. honors all the soldiers that have lost their lives in the different wars our nation has been involved in, dating back to Globe War I.

Asides from honoring these who have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms our citizens love, this is also a very good time to take a step back and examine some of the many technologies whose roots lie in the military. A lot of of these technologies had been initially targeted towards certain military tasks, but more than the years have been adopted for civilian use. They are in lots of instances crucial to our every day existence.

Some of these technologies comply with in the gallery beneath:

Spencer Chin is a Senior Editor for Design and style News covering the electronics beat. He has lots of years of experience covering developments in elements, semiconductors, subsystems, energy, and other facets of electronics from each a company/provide-chain and technologies point of view. He can be reached at [email protected]