NASA

Ferrofluid is a substance invented for NASA in 1963 as a potential rocket fuel but NASA never really found any commercial application.

Agnieszka Kurant, Agnieszka Kurant on Alien Thoughts

In addition to working at the forefront of computer animation at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Illinois at Chicago, Cuba collaborated with John Whitney and George Lucas in his storied career.

Larry Cuba, Larry Cuba on Choreographing Form