OK, Stop and think for a sec fellas. If the development dollars were never spent and the exercise was not done, many things that are currently benefiting our injured men and women returning from war would not exist. I'm all for having technology continue to make progress in this area for my own selfish reasons. The knees on my prosthetic legs were developed by an aircraft engineer, he was tired of seeing his daughter fall and designed a better mousetrap.
Honda is first an engineering company, and you can never predict the outcome of the R&D or applications in future years.
PegLegCraig