I sometimes wonder what kind of world we would have if not for the Cold War which forced two super powers into a fierce competition for technological supremecy.

We'd have our flying cars for a start.

Far more technologies weren't birthed because of the wasted resources. Also considering all the inventions attributed to NASA which they didn't invent (everything from velcro to microwave ovens) I wouldn't trust any list of technologies "birth thanks to the enormous budget the US military is given".