10 Everyday Things That Came From Military Technology-- Part 2: Canned Food, Synthetic Rubber, Virtual Reality

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5.  CANNED FOOD:  French Army.  Nicholas Appert invented it.    Good other than when you cut your hand in the lid.

4.  BAGGED SALAD:   German Karl Busch during WW II.

3.  SYNTHETIC RUBBER:  After the Japanese stopped our supply of rubber in WW II.

2.  VIRTUAL REALITY:  A whole lot of military training involves this.

1.  ROOMBA:  Military robotic mine sweepers.

--Cooter