EVENTS For information on JPL tours and the speakers bureau, visit our PUBLIC SERVICES site. The Solar System Ambassador Program sponsors events in communities around the country. Find out how to become a volunteer Solar System Ambassador.		Topic - Space Exploration Technology Spin-offs Technology of Tomorrow Today: An Overview of Space Technology Spin-Offs Presented by Dr. Karina Edmonds Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, JPL innovative Technology Assets Managements Office RealPlayer (with caption): "Technology of Tomorrow Today" Archived Webcast.  If you don't have RealPlayer, you can download the free RealPlayer 8 Basic. Thursday, August 18 The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA For directions, click here. Friday, August 19 The Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College 1570 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA For directions, click here. Both lectures begin at 7 p.m. PST and run for approximately an hour. Admission is free. Seating is limited. For more information, call (818) 354-0112. The next time you pick up a cordless tool or look up at your satellite dish, will you think of NASA? Perhaps not, but chances are that you are enjoying one of the many benefits of technologies developed as a result of space exploration. Infrared sensors designed to remotely measure the temperature of planets and stars are being used for early detection of breast cancer and for measuring body temperature. JPL's Global Positioning System (GPS) software and receiver technologies are used in monitoring millimeter-level tectonic plate motion and large-scale tracking of airplanes. This talk will focus on the brilliant innovations of JPL technologists that have improved the quality of our lives and in some cases changed them greatly. To learn more about space technology spin-offs click here.