While most people tend to view NASA solely in the context of space exploration, the famed government agency also has a surprising number of inventions to its name. From creating memory foam in the early 1960s to coming up with Cochlear Implants in the 1970s, the list of innovative products and advanced technologies with roots at NASA is rather extensive.

Now, in an effort to generate cash while at the same time encourage innovation, NASA will be soon be opening up its patent portfolio to the masses with no up-front payment required.

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A group of expensive Cisco Network Switches released a few years ago set a new bar for boneheaded industrial design. Sure, it’s pretty frustrating to potentially damage your Galaxy Note 5 by inserting the stylus the wrong way, but it’s monumentally worse to accidentally and completely wipe an entire server by using the wrong type of Ethernet cable.

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Ok seriously, there is no way that a simple thing like a USB flash drive should ever look this sleek and cool. But lo and behold, the Samsung 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (MUF-32BA/AM) is actually a great-looking little device. And to make things even better, it’s on sale this week on Amazon for a deep discount of 40% off the regular price of $25, bringing the price all the way down to just $14.99 with free Prime shipping.

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Every year, National Geographic Magazine holds a photo contest where amateur and professional photographers alike can submit stunning, incredible, and breathtaking shots they managed to capture during the preceding 12-month period. With a grand prize of $10,000 on the line, not to mention a whole lot of prestige, the photo competition is wildly and understandably popular.

During last year’s contest, for example, National Geographic fielded more than 92,000 photographs from over 150 countries around the world. And just like last year, this year’s competition will encompass three categories for submission: people, places and nature.

The deadline to enter is November 16, 2015, but photographers have already begun sending in their best shots for consideration. To help give us a taste of what’s to come, National Geographic recently gave The Atlantic permission to publish 24 jaw-dropping photos that promise to be strong contenders even as more entries are sure to come in.

Below are a few of the more notable shots.

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They say you get what you pay for, but high-quality smartphone accessories don’t always have to be expensive. Case in point: the Maxboost iPhone 6/6s Glass Screen Protector, which is available for just $7.98 on Amazon. This is the world’s thinnest ballistic glass screen protector, and it’s ultra clear so you can protect your phone and still maintain touch accuracy. It even has rounded edges to fit the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s perfectly, and 3D Touch works just fine with this glass screen protector in place.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to backtrack on a few anti-Apple statements he made earlier in the week to a German business magazine. Musk, if you recall, said that Apple only hires the engineers that Tesla fires. “If you don’t make it at Tesla,” Musk flatly stated, “you go work at Apple. I’m not kidding.”

Driving the point home, Musk said that he and others at Tesla jokingly refer to Apple as the Tesla Graveyard.

Shots fired? Or was Musk, perhaps, just blindly firing from the hip and making a few outlandish statements? Regardless, the outspoken CEO attempted to diminish the sting of his aforementioned comments by tweeting that he does not, in fact, hate Apple and that he’s actually glad that they’re entering the electric vehicle market.

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If you’re into PC gaming, then this is the keyboard for you. The Masione Domineering LED USB Gaming Keyboard has everything you need and look for when you’re playing, and it is now on sale for only $23.99 with free Prime shipping.

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In the wake of a mini fantasy sports scandal that erupted earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo is now banning its employees from participating in paid fantasy sports leagues. The move comes after it was revealed that an employee from DraftKings — one of the top fantasy sites today — may have used information gleaned from his position inside the company to make more informed bets on FanDuel, another leading fantasy site.

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Yes, The Martian is a great space movie because it depicts events that seem very real while building suspense and peppering everything with snarky remarks. Without spoiling the film for you, we can safely say that the space-related technology and the science used to get us to Mars sound plausible. And it turns out that the NASA actually has a plan for getting humans to Mars to better understand the red planet and potentially learn more details about its past.

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Portable Bluetooth speakers are hugely popular right now, and it’s pretty obvious why. You can go anywhere and pull out your wireless speaker to play music from your phone or anyone else’s phone in seconds. But here’s a question for you: If you’re going to carry a portable speaker with you, why not get one that can pull double duty as a portable phone charger as well?

The RiverFi Portable Bluetooth Speaker + 2600mAh Battery Bank might be just the device you’ve always wanted but never known existed.

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