12 Inventions You Won't Believe Came From War

In 1962, one of these scientists, J.C.R. Licklider, argued that the U.S. needed a “intergalactic computer network.” He and his colleagues developed ARPANET, the
prototype of the modern internet. What started as a contingency plan in case of a Cold War attack eventually morphed into one of the most significant human technologies ever created.