LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- The high speed , high-rolling world of Formula One is not a sport you would associate with something as mundane as the boiler tucked away in a dusty cupboard in your house . The Fast Forward exhibiton shows how F1 technology can improve all our lives . If you thought that motor racing and the real world are poles apart then an exhibition currently running at the Science Museum in London , England might change your mind . The `` Fast Forward '' exhibition has put together 20 examples of how Formula One technology and innovation has helped improve the wider world . It is testimony to all the hard work , intelligence and ingenuity of the engineers who make the sport what it is today , according to Katie Maggs , one of the exhibition 's curators . `` Rather than treating it as a traditional design exhibition , we wanted to look at how the engineers in Formula One use technology in ways that can be experienced in other industries , in the home or in hospitals . '' The `` Boiler Buddy '' is a good example of Formula One technology that can be found in the home . Designed to help improve the efficiency of home heating systems , the technology uses the magnetic principles which informed the filter that keeps F1 engines free of particles of dirt and dust . The filter device can be found on the shelves of many hardware stores . There is an impressive variety of objects on display . A bicycle fitted with sensors to monitor wheel speed , angles of lean , heart rate and humidity while riding , is a direct descendant of the sensors attached to Formula One cars which track the performance . The Carbon fibre composite chassis design first introduced into Formula One by McLaren engineer John Barnard in the 1984 has found its way into a range of products outside the sport . Lightweight and incredibly robust , technology using carbon fibre composites are being used to create state-of-the-art furniture . An elegant table on show at the exhibition has a carbon fibre surface that is just two millimeters thick . But it is perhaps in the healthcare sector where Formula One is making its most impressive and important contributions . Inspired by the monocoque cockpit which keeps drivers safe , the BabyPod II is allowing paramedics to transport newborns quickly and safely . The Ovei -- a pod-like structure designed to help capture healthcare data and transmit results to doctors and therapists around the world -- is also made from carbon-fibre composites . A wheelchair , designed by Formula One engineer Mike Spindle , improves not only the safety of a user , but also their comfort and mobility thanks the monocoque structure at its heart . View a gallery of the F1 innovations » . `` The one-piece carbon fibre seat can be molded to fit the user , '' Maggs said . `` Because it is carbon fibre the wheels can be fixed further forward and at an angle which makes it easier for the user to get around . '' Some of the sport 's innovations are n't necessarily tangible , but are delivering improvements to hospital patients all the same . Using the expertise of McLaren and Ferrari 's pit stop crews , Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has been able to improve the efficiency of patient handovers from one department to another by up to 40 percent . When the exhibition was officially opened by former McLaren team principal , Ron Dennis earlier this year it attracted the sort of media scrum usually witnessed on the grid prior to a race . Watch CNN 's coverage of the exhibition opening » . As the exhibition shows , Formula One is about improving performance . If that eventually filters down into products and services that we can all benefit from then that ca n't be a bad thing .
Science Museum , London hosts a exhibition of artworks inspired by the design . Monocoque wheelchair uses lightweight and robust carbon fibre seat . Ferrari and McLaren pit stop expertise help hospital speed up transfer of critically ill .