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3,300,00 BC | Earliest evidence of stone tools being created by hominids | prlee | |
200,000 BC | Humans developed spoken language, the first form of communication | C. Perreault and S. Matthew, "Dating the Origin of Language Using Phonemic Diversity," PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 4, 2012. | epguleksen prlee |
Prehistoric | Smoke signals were used to convey messages over long distances | emilymiller | |
10000 BC | Estimated time when humans first started using optical recordings. | Kazansky, Peter G, Eternal 5D optical data storage in glass (University of Southampton, 7/8/2016), https://www-spiedigitallibrary-org.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9959/2240594/Eternal-5D-optical-data-storage-in-glassConference-Presentation/10.1117/12.2240594.full?SSO=1, (4/2/2020) | maferreira |
3150 BC | Estimated origin of Sumerian writings, the first written language | D. Schmandt-Besserat, "Decipherment of the Earliest Tablets," Science, vol. 211, no. 4479, pp. 283-285, 1981. | prlee |
3500 BC | The sundial is invented. The first one was made from stone and uses the sun to tell time. | http://www.historyofwatch.com/clock-history/ Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
2400BC | First documented use of couriers being used to carry messages long distance | Alex Thompson, A Brief History of Long Distance Communication, https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-long-distance-communication/ | nvanstralen |
2000 BC | The abacus is invented. A frame made out of wood holding rods with sliding beads on them, used to aid in arithmetic calculations. | http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/history.html Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1900 BC | First documented cryptograph was found in Egypt | Retrieved August 30, 2018, from https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/vpns/history-encryption-730 | zhenhe, etarthur |
1700 BC | Evidence of indoor plumbing found on Crete | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1500 BC | Mesopotamian tablet with encrypted recipe for pottery glaze | zhenhe | |
1050 BC | The first alphabet based on phonetic sounds invented. | epguleksen | |
~1000 BC | Shorthand first used | bjsharron | |
950 BC | King Solomon used pigeon post to get information around Achaemenid Persian Empire. | tpatikorn | |
750 BC | The Greeks adapted the earlier Phoenician alphabet into the Greek alphabet, and transcribed some works originally passed down through oral tradition, such as The Iliad | R. D. Woodard, "The Alphabet," in Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer : A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancinet Greek Literacy, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997, pp. 133-204. | ygong5 prlee |
600 BC | Hebrew ATBASH cipher used in writing the book of Jeremiah | zhenhe | |
600 BC | Mail was used among Chinese officials | emilymilller | |
500 BC | Pigeon post is used regularly | emilymiller | |
500 BC | An eclipse is viewed through a pinhole | Schlager, Neil and Lauer, Josh, “Camera Obscura: Ancestor of Modern Photography,” (Gale, 2001) https://link-gale-com.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/apps/doc/CV2643450236/WHIC?u=mlin_c_worpoly&sid=WHIC&xid=218f6fc5 | kcariglia |
490 BC | Pheidippides carried a message from the Battle of Marathon to Athens. | tpatikorn | |
486 BC | Greek Skytale presumably used | zhenhe | |
450BC | shields possibly used to send signals like a modern heliograph | The Heliograph, http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/heliograph/heliograph.htm | nvanstralen |
400 BC | Camera Obscura-The phenomena that led to the invention of the camera and all photographic processes. A small hole was placed through a wall in a dark room and light would fill the room with an upside-down projection of the view from outside. | tjstone | |
Camera obscura is invented | Schlager, Neil and Lauer, Josh, “Camera Obscura: Ancestor of Modern Photography,” (Gale, 2001) https://link-gale-com.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/apps/doc/CV2643450236/WHIC?u=mlin_c_worpoly&sid=WHIC&xid=218f6fc5 | kcariglia
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350 BC | The Greek mathematician Archytas builds a mechanical bird dubbed "The Pigeon" that is propelled by steam. | eosowski | |
325 BC | The first water clock is invented using water drips to tell time. | https://www.nist.gov/pml/walk-through-time-early-clocks Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
322 BC | Aristotle writes: "If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it, then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords." | eosowski | |
255BC | earliest surviving piece of mail | The History of Mail and the Postal System, https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-mail-1992142 | nvanstralen |
200 BC | The first libraries are created in the Hellenistic world | S. Johnstone, "A New History of Libraries and Books in the Hellenistic Period," Classical Antiquity, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 347-393, 2014. | prlee |
100 BC | Antikythera Mechanism -- Ancient device used to calculate the position of moon, planets, and predict solar/lunar eclipses. | http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/system/files/0608_Nature.pdf | crmyers |
60 BC | Caesar Cipher introduced by Julius Caesar | zhenhe | |
60 - 50 BC | Caesar Cipher introduced by Julius Caesar | Churchhouse, R. (2002). Codes and ciphers Julius Caesar, the Enigma, and the internet . Cambridge ;: Cambridge University Press. | zhenhe, etarthur |
104 AD | First Census is taken under the rule of Caesar Augustus by Egyptian Edict | Frank Turek | Christian Apologetics | Christian |Apologetics Speakers, 10 Oct. 2018, crossexamined.org/really-census-time-caesar-augustus/. | xlmclean |
350 AD | The Codex Sinaiticus, one of the earliest examples of a codex being used to hold writing, was written | "Collection Items: Codex Sinaiticus," British Library, [Online]. Available: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/codex-sinaiticus. [Accessed 19 3 2019]. | prlee |
600 AD | The first candle clock is invented, using candles to keep track of time. | https://www.nist.gov/pml/walk-through-time-early-clocks Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
~790 | Vikings used the stars and sun compasses with landmarks to navigate the seas. | Irene Berg Petersen, How Vikings navigated the world, http://sciencenordic.com/how-vikings-navigated-world (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg |
800 AD | The first hourglass is invented, using sand to keep track of time. | http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-hourglass/ Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
875 AD | Banu Musa Brothers from Baghdad develop automated hydraulic instrument that plays music from raised pins. First recorded device to take artificial input | Fowler, Charles B. “The Museum of Music: A History of Mechanical Instruments.” Music Educators Journal, vol. 54, no. 2, 1967, pp. 45–49. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3391092. Accessed 3 Apr. 2020. | jmmoy |
~1000 | The compass was invented in China and spread to Europe by 1300 | Smithsonian, Time and Navigation: The untold story of getting from here to there., http://timeandnavigation.si.edu (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg |
~1100 | Earliest identified printed advertisement created, “Jinan Liu’s Fine Needle Shop” | 1. Unknown, Commercial Advertisement, depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/graph/tcommain.htm, 8/30/2018 | jbbieber |
1200s AD | In medieval times, Automatons (human like figures that were powered by internal mechanisms, namely clockwork) were first invented. | https://www.robotshop.com/media/files/PDF/timeline.pdf Accessed 3/19/2019 | rnbeaver |
1200 AD | The first water/astronomical clock is invented, using water with assisting astronomical concepts. | http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac08 Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
1280 | The first mechanical clock was created but it was too expensive and crude for navigation | Smithsonian, Time and Navigation: The untold story of getting from here to there., http://timeandnavigation.si.edu (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg |
1300 AD | Paper becomes the dominant way of record keeping and writing in Europe | J. Hargrave, "Disruptive Technological History: Papermaking to Digital Printing," Journal of Scholarly Publishing, vol. 44, no. 3, 2013. | prlee |
1455 | Johannes Gutenberg completed a printing press that would imprint pages using movable metal type. | ygong5 | |
1495 | Leonardo DaVinci designs a mechanical device that looks like an armored knight and is designed to make it move like there is a real person inside. | eosowski | |
1500 | Leonardo Da Vinci hypothesizes a way to track a roman soldiers steps and records the first idea of a pedometer | https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sketch-of-Leonardo-da-Vincis-pedometer_fig4_312090206 | tjaskoviak ahjicha |
1553 | Password idea introduced by Giovan Belaso | zhenhe | |
1585 | Blaise de Vigenere wrote a book on ciphers. | zhenhe | |
16-1700s | maritime flags are independently developed by different countries for naval communication | The History Behind Nautical Flags, https://www.allstarflags.com/facts/history-behind-nautical-flags/ | nvanstralen |
1600 AD | The first pendulum and spring clock is invented, pendulums and newly developed spring mechanisms to keep track of time. | http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac08 Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
1600 | John Napier invents Napier's Bones, a mechanical device using rods or cylinders which slid together to do lattice multiplication and division on numbers. | http://www.thecorememory.com/TimeMachine.pdf Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1600 | Abacus Ring: First ever wearable device invented in China | pmahurkar | |
1622 | William Oughtred invents the slide rule. The device had two scales that could independently be slid, and the distance between the two could be read to view as multiplication or division. | http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1623 | Wilhelm Schickard invents the Calculating Clock, which is considered to be the first mechanical calculator. The calculator utilized Napier's Bones as well as other mechanics to help with celestial calculations. | "The Time Machine." College English 31.5 (1970): 523. Web.Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1642 | The Pascaline or Pascal's calculator was invented by mathematician Blaise Pascal. The hand cranked adding machine was very complex, using toothed wheels to do basic arithmetic with whole numbers. | "The Time Machine." College English 31.5 (1970): 523. Web.Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1657 | The pendulum clock was invented in 1657 but was never adopted for sea navigation due to the swaying of the boat. | Smithsonian, Time and Navigation: The untold story of getting from here to there., http://timeandnavigation.si.edu (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg |
1673 | The Stepped Reckoner is invented by German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. The mechanical calculator utilized a long cylinder, called the Leibniz wheel, to do quick multiplication and addition. | "The Time Machine." College English 31.5 (1970): 523. Web.Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1683 | Governor William Penn established Pennsylvania's first Post Office. | tpatikorn | |
1685 | Portable Reflex Camera Obscura - This camera was small enough to transport, being two feet long and nine inches high. Light shined through a lens and onto a mirror, generating an image that was right side up instead of upside-down. | tjstone | |
1685 | "Battery" used to describe a series of charged glass plates (capacitors). | djlaplante | |
1690 | Newspapers are popularized in London | M. S. Dawson, "All the News That's Fit to Film? Copying the Nichols Collection of Early London Newspapers," Parergon, vol. 30, no. 2, 2013. | prlee |
1694 | Gottfried Leibniz constructed Step Reckoner. | ygong5 | |
1700s | Miniature automatons designed to look like humans and animals became popular toys for the upper-class. | https://www.robotshop.com/media/files/PDF/timeline.pdf Accessed 3/19/2019 | rnbeaver |
1705 | Leibniz creates the binary number system | Leibniz, G. (1703) Explication de l’Arithmétique Binaire (Explanation of Binary Arithmetic). Mathematical Writings VII, Gerhardt, 223. Translation : http://www.leibniz-translations.com/binary.htm | reastwood |
1711 | British used ship to carry letters; each letter cost one penny. | tpatikorn | |
1714 | The British Parliament passed the Longitude Act which spurred the invention of the Sea Clock by John Harrington and the sextant by John bird, greatly increasing navigational accuracy. | Smithsonian, Time and Navigation: The untold story of getting from here to there., http://timeandnavigation.si.edu (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg
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1738 | Mechanical Duck was invented, sparking the beginning of the automata stage. | Aviv Gaon, The Singularity is Near, http://wpi.aci.info/view/15af7f26c8c00100002/15b4709e35500015c3ad447 | rjsthilaire
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1748 | "Battery" used to describe a series of charged glass plates (capacitors). | djlaplante | |
1755 |
Thomas Jefferson uses a pedometer, he would later introduce it to America. The strong association lead people to call them Tomish Meters |
Adams, W. H. (2000).The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson. Yale University Press. |
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1763 | Bayes theorem of conditional probability | Price, Problem in the Doctrine of Chances, http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/essay.pdf | xjjackson |
1769 | Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen created one of the first known devices capable of mimicking human speech. The human operated device imitated human body parts required for speech to produce sounds that resembled vowels. | Schroeder, Manfred Robert. "A Brief History of Speech." Computer Speech: Recognition, Compression, Synthesis. Berlin: Springer, 1999. N. pag. Print. | leantul |
1775 | Benjamin Franklin appointed first Postmaster General (USPS). | tpatikorn | |
1775 | Thomas Jefferson invented the wheel cipher. | zhenhe | |
1777 | Abraham-Louis Perrelet invented a self-winding watch that could measure walking distance | https://us.musewearables.com/blogs/news/fitness-tracking-and-recognition-in-smartwatches | ppatel2 |
1779 | Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein created thin devices of various shapes that were able to create sounds resembling German vowels through vibration. | Schroeder, Manfred Robert. "A Brief History of Speech." Computer Speech: Recognition, Compression, Synthesis. Berlin: Springer, 1999. N. pag. Print. | leantul |
1782 | First washing machine invented by Henry Sidgier | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1790s | French begin construction of the semaphore towers serving as the first telegraph towers | Michael J. Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age, pages 21-3 | nvanstralen |
1799 | First dried invented by a Frenchman named Pochon | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1799 | Lithographic Offset printing is invented, reducing the cost of printing and increasing the speed of dissemination of information | J. Hargrave, "Disruptive Technological History: Papermaking to Digital Printing," Journal of Scholarly Publishing, vol. 44, no. 3, 2013.
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1799 | Alessandro Volta created the world’s first battery. | ygong5 | |
1800 | Alessandro Volta discovers the Voltaic Pile. Electricity generation now efficient | djlaplante | |
1800 AD | Pinhole camera is invented | Schlager, Neil and Lauer, Josh, “Camera Obscura: Ancestor of Modern Photography,” (Gale, 2001) https://link-gale-com.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/apps/doc/CV2643450236/WHIC?u=mlin_c_worpoly&sid=WHIC&xid=218f6fc5 | kcariglia |
1801 | Joseph Jacquard builds an automated loom that is controlled by punch cards. | eosowski | |
1805 | Legendre published first paper on regression analysis, using a technique called the method of least squares | Smith, Legendre, http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/legendre.pdf | xjjackson |
1811 | Steamboats started replacing rafts and boats in rivers in US. | tpatikorn | |
1815 AD | The first electrostatic clock is invented, using research on physics and electricity to develop clocks. | http://www.historyofwatch.com/clock-history/ Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
1816 | First Photographic Negatives -Through experimentation, Nicephore Niepce is able to expose an image onto paper coated with light-sensitive silver chloride. | tjstone | |
1820 | The Arithmometer becomes the first commercially successful mechanical calculator patented. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1820 | Hans Christian Oersted creates mechanical movement from an electrical current. | Martin Doppelbauer, The Invention of the Electric Motor, http://www.eti.kit.edu/english/1376.php, (Access Date 8/29/2019) | agalgano |
1822 | Charles Babbage demonstrates a prototype of his "Difference Engine" to the Royal Astronomical Society. | eosowski | |
1822 | Joseph Fourier discovers Harmonic Analysis. | Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1822). Théorie analytique de la chaleur. Paris, France: Chez Firmin Didot, père et fils. | aperucic |
1826 | First Photograph - Nicephore Niepce took the first permanent, positive image using a camera obscura. The exposure lasted eight hours. | tjstone | |
1826 | Gas Stove patented by James Sharp | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1829 | Braille invented | bjsharron | |
1832 | Savatore dal Negro developed a machine with gears that could raise 60 grams. | Martin Doppelbauer, The Invention of the Electric Motor, http://www.eti.kit.edu/english/1376.php, (Access Date 8/29/2019) | agalgano |
1832 | Analytical Machine, a programmable mechanical calculator was designed | https://www.britannica.com/technology/Analytical-Engine | rjsthilaire |
1833 | Thomas Davenport developed the first patent for an electric motor and is known as the inventor of the electric motor. | Joseph Michalowicz, Origin of the Electric Motor, https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6444428, (Access Date 8/28/2019) | agalgano |
1833 | Michael Faraday discovers a relationship between temperature and electrical conductivity in silver sulphide. | adurkee | |
1835 | Alexander-Edmond Becquerel recorded the first instance of the photovoltaic effect. | adurkee | |
1835 | Samuel Morse creates Morse code for communication over wires | mburns23 | |
1836 | Daniell Cell invented to fix the hydrogen bubble problem of the Voltaic Pile | djlaplante | |
1836 | French paper La Presse is the first to include paid advertising, soon to be copied by all other titles. | George T Kurian, World press encyclopedia (1982) 1: 341-42. | jbbieber |
1837 | The Daguerreotype - Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre develops a way to drastically reduce exposure time and patents his discovery. | tjstone | |
1837 | Analytical Engine, a never-constructed machine designed by Charles Babbage, intended to perform near arbitrary computation. | http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/engines/ | crmyers |
1838 | US Congress designated all railroads as post routes. | tpatikorn | |
1838 | Stereoscopic viewers were invented and refined to create 3D pictures. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1838 | William Robert Grove invented the fuel cell, which uses hydrogen and oxygen | djlaplante | |
1838 | Morse electric telegraph | emilymiller | |
1838 | There were calls for the use of secret ballots in England for elections | D. W. Jones, "Early Requirements for Mechanical Voting Systems," (IEEE, 2009) | mfrossetti |
1838-1843 | Morse Code Developed | bjsharron | |
1839 | William Robert Grove invented the fuel cell, which uses hydrogen and oxygen | djlaplante | |
1839 | Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel recorded the first instance of hte photovoltaic effect with silver chloride-coated platinum electrodes in an aqueous nitric acid electrolyte. | adurkee | |
1839 AD | The Daguerreotype is invented | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1841 | Positive/Negative Process - William Henry Fox Talbot perfects a similar process to the Daguerreotype, however the exposure is negative. Therefore, multiple positive copies could be made of the same exposure. This becomes the primary method for all modern film development. | tjstone | |
1842 | Robert Davidson tests an electric motor on a locomotive and reached a top speed of 4 mph. | Martin Doppelbauer, The Invention of the Electric Motor, http://www.eti.kit.edu/english/1376.php, (Access Date 8/29/2019) | agalgano |
1842 | The Poggendorff cell is invented, providing higher voltage, consistent current, and fumeless, though delicate and more work to operate. | djlaplante | |
1844 | First telegraph signal, accredited to Samuel Morse | Library of Congress, “Invention of the Telegraph, https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/, (August 29th, 2019) | moneill |
1844 | William Robert Grove invents the Grove Cell, which provides high current and doubles the voltage of the Daniell cell. However it is proven that when operated, the cell gives off toxic fumes. | djlaplante | |
1844 | Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph from Baltimore to Washington D.C. | mburns23 | |
1844 | Samuel F. B. Morse transmits the first viable telegraph message. Securities brokers quickly adopt the technology to send market quotations. The telegraph helps expand the stock market by making trades accessible to brokers and investors outside of New York. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/crash/1/ | tleung |
1847 | George Boole represents logic in mathematical form with Boolean Algebra | eosowski | |
1848 | R. E. Monaghan patented a device to count Yea and Nay votes using cranks, levers, and wires to punch a record into a sheet | D. W. Jones, “Technologists as Political Reformers: Lessons from the Early History of Voting Machines,” (The University of Iowa, October 2006), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/SHOTpaper.pdf, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1849 | Austria attacks Venice with unmanned balloons loaded with explosives. The first recorded example of unmanned ariel attacks. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1850 | The idea of using several exposures to adequately reproduce a too-extreme range of luminance was pioneered as early as the 1850s by Gustave Le Gray to render seascapes showing both the sky and the sea. | J. Paul Getty Museum. Gustave Le Gray, Photographer. July 9 – September 29, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2008 | fmo |
1851 | Amedee Mannheim standardizes the modern version of the slide rule with four scales most common for calculation problems. The ruler could calculate squares, square roots, and other basic arithmetic operations. | http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1851 AD | The Collodion (an improvement to the Daguerreotype) is invented | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1854 | Charles Babbage reinvented the wheel cipher. | zhenhe | |
1854 | George Boole introduces Boolean Algebra | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15114/15114-pdf.pdf | reastwood |
1855 | first international code for maritime signal flags drafted | The History Behind Nautical Flags, https://www.allstarflags.com/facts/history-behind-nautical-flags/ | nvanstralen |
1856 | Werner Siemens revolutionizes the design by introducing a double-T that winds in slots. | Martin Doppelbauer, The Invention of the Electric Motor, http://www.eti.kit.edu/english/1376.php, (Access Date 8/29/2019) | agalgano
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1859 | Gaston Plante invents a lead-acid battery that can be recharged (first rechargeable battery). This model battery is still in use today as car batteries. | djlaplante | |
1860 | Willoughby Smith records the first instance of photoconductivity in metals. | adurkee | |
1860 | The Pony Express is established as a mail service in the Western United States. | tpatikorn mburns23 | |
1860s | Gravity cell, an alternative version of the Daniell cell, is invented. It yielded a higher current and was easily constructed/refillable manually. | djlaplante | |
1861 | Samuel Morse Patents the design for the telegraph in America | epguleksen | |
1861 | First Color Photograph - James Clerk Maxwell created the first color photograph by exposing the same picture three separate times with different colored filters. The three images were then combined to form a single color image. | tjstone | |
1861 | The transcontinental telegraph wire is completed in US. | mburns23 | |
1861 AD | First color photograph is produced | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1864 | James Clerk Maxwell proved the existence of electromagnetic waves. | http://www.itworld.com/article/2802953/mobile/a-brief-history-of-wireless-technology.html | zrrobbins |
1865 | Founding of WPI | jmforkey | |
1865 | The Steam Man is created by John Brainerd. Considered a novelty item at the time, it was a 10 foot tall man looking machine that was used to pull carts. | http://timetunnel.bigredhair.com/steamman/index.html Visited on 3/19/2019 | rnbeaver |
1866 | Leclanche battery (aka the Zn/NH4Cl/C battery or the wet battery) invented, consistent and descent voltage, this became widely popular. | djlaplante | |
1866 | The first automobile (three wheeled Motor Car) was patented by Karl Benz. | https://www.livescience.com/37538-who-invented-the-car.html (Accessed March 21, 2018) | anpennie |
1867 | Electric generators emerge on the market and electricity is available to public. | Joseph Michalowicz, Origin of the Electric Motor, https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6444428, (Access Date 8/28/2019) | agalgano
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1868 | The first commercially successful typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes. | https://patents.google.com/patent/US79265 (Accessed March 22nd, 2018) | jbbrown |
1868 AD | The first wristwatch is invented, designed as a fashion accessory for women. | http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/fashion/wrist-watches-from-battlefield-to-fashion-accessory.html Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
1869 | Thomas Edison patented the Electric vote recorder that used telegraph keys to print a legislator's name onto a list | D. W. Jones, “Technologists as Political Reformers: Lessons from the Early History of Voting Machines,” (The University of Iowa, October 2006), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/SHOTpaper.pdf, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1870 | First Mechanical Typewriter put into production. | fhunter | |
1870 | Charles Sanders Pierce expands on Boolean logic, and introduces logic of relatives | https://books.google.com/books?id=fFnWmf5oLaoC&printsec=titlepage | reastwood |
1872 | Electric bread toaster invented by Maddy Kennedy in the United Kingdom | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1873 | Willoughby Smith discovers the photoconductivity of selenium, the first instance of recorded photoconductivity in metals. | adurkee | |
1873 | Sholes and Glidden Typerwriter with querty keyboard put into production. | fhunter | |
1873 | James Savage invented a voting bow with a crank to increase both a tally counter and endorse only a single ballot to prevent voter fraud | D. W. Jones, “Technologists as Political Reformers: Lessons from the Early History of Voting Machines,” (The University of Iowa, October 2006), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/SHOTpaper.pdf, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1874 | The first calculator using the pin-wheel principle, the Odhner calculator, is invented. Future calculators would use the same principle. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1874 | Carl Ferdinand Braun created the first semiconductor rectifier, the diode. | adurkee | |
1875 | telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell | Alex Thompson, A Brief History of Long Distance Communication, https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-long-distance-communication/ | nvanstralen |
1876 | Alexander Bell creates first working phone | epguleksen | |
1876 | First Electric Refrigerator invented by German scientist Carl Von Linde | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1876 | Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the telephone | Elon University, “1870s-1940s: Telephone,” https://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/150/1870.xhtml, (August 29th, 2019) | moneill |
1877 | Thomas Edison reveals the phonograph to record and play back sounds. A cylinder rotates as a needle presses against it. The needle vibrates due to sound and leaves wave patterns in the cylinder, leaving a recording of sound. He showed his phonograph in the New York office of Scientific American Magazine. Frenchman Charles Cros also claimed to have invented phonograph because he described a similar concept earlier than Edison. Interestingly, Edison did not work hard to commercialize the phonograph. | rpdabrowski | |
1877 | The first dry cell battery is invented (improved by 1887), became very popular due to ease of use. | djlaplante | |
1878 | Ramon de Verea invents the first direct multiplication machine. This computation method was faster than previous methods. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1878 | The first music is put on record: cornetist Jules Levy plays "Yankee Doodle." | Bruck, J., Grundy, A., & Joel, I. (1999, October 17). An Audio Timeline. Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.timeline.html | cwjacobsohn |
1878 | The QWERTY Keyboard Layout is invented by Christopher Latham Sholes. The layout is designed to reduce typewriter jamming. |
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/ (Accessed March 22 2018) |
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1879 | James Ritty and his brother John constructed the first cash register. | ygong5 | |
1879 | Universal Postal union established | The History of Mail and the Postal System, https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-mail-1992142 | nvanstralen |
1880 | The telephone network starts to become substantial with more than 50,000 telephone lines existing in the United States. | Shinder, Debra L., Computer Networking Essentials (Cisco Press, 2001), 3. http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/book/networking/1587130386/introduction-to-pc-networking/3?uicode=wpi (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1880 | Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter improve on the phonograph by using a wax cylinder instead of tin foil and by using a floating stylus to incise, rather than indent, the cylinder. This improved device was called a graphophone. | History of the Cylinder. Retrieved March 21, 2016, from https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph/ | cwjacobsohn |
1881 | William Grylls Adams and Richard Evans Day discover that selenium produces electricity when in light. | adurkee | |
1881 AD | Roll film camera is invented | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1882 | Nikola Tesla invents a two-stage induction motor. | Joseph Michalowicz, Origin of the Electric Motor, https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6444428, (Access Date 8/28/2019) | agalgano |
1883 | The world's first printing calculator, the Scheutz Difference Engine, was invented. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1883 | Charles Fritts creats the first photovoltaic cell by melting thin sheets of selenium on a metal substrate and placing a thin gold leaf on top of the selenium. | adurkee | |
1885 | Roll Film - Instead of glass, paper, or other expensive materials, George Eastman and William H. Walker develop the first roll of film and a camera to use it with. The Kodak camera was born. | tjstone | |
1885 | Frank Reade jr. created the “Electric Man”, an electric Version of John Brainerd’s Steam Man | https://www.robotshop.com/media/files/PDF/timeline.pdf | rnbeaver |
1886 | First Commercial Level 0 Autonomy Car (No Automation) | www.daimler.com/company/tradition/company-history/1885-1886.html | cctulig |
1887 | The Comptometer, the first key-driven adding and calculating machine, is invented by Dorr Felt. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1887 |
Emile Berliner invents and patents the Gramophone, a non-wax disc photo-engraved with a lateral-cut groove. |
Schoenherr, S. E. (2005, July 6). Recording Technology History. Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/notes.html |
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1887 |
Heinrich Hertz produced, sent and received wireless waves using reflectors to amplify the waves |
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1888 | Friedrich Haselwander develops a three-coil voltage system that runs synchronized as a generator. | Martin Doppelbauer, The Invention of the Electric Motor, http://www.eti.kit.edu/english/1376.php, (Access Date 8/29/2019) | agalgano
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1888 | Hertz demonstrates the existence of radio waves, prompting the search for suitable detectors. | adurkee | |
1888 | Emile Berliner displays his invention, the record player, as an alternative to the phonograph. | rpdabrowski | |
1888 | The Telautograph enabled written communication over long distances by the use of recorded electrical impulses that transmitted to the receiving telautograph. | wtao | |
1888 AD | Kodak is founded | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1890 | Herman Hollerith created the most successful Mechanical tabulating machines. | ygong5 | |
1891 | William Burroughs begins to commercial manufacture his adding calculator through the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Calculators became commonplace in American business offices. |
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1891 | The first electric car was built by William Morrison. | https://www.livescience.com/37538-who-invented-the-car.html (Accessed March 21, 2018) | anpennie |
1891 | Ernest Mercadier introduced the very first headset , meant for the telephone | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-partial-history-of-headphones-4693742/ | alate |
1892 | Nikola Tesla experiments with energy frequency's, predicts that it could be used for telecommunications in the future | ||
1892 | The Myers Automatic Booth, the first lever voting machine, was used in Lockport, New York | Douglas W. Jones, “A Brief Illustrated History of Voting,” (The University of Iowa, 2003), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1890s | Phone is used more after the initial first patent expires | epguleksen | |
1894 | Berliner's company, the United States Gramophone Company, puts rubber gramophone discs on the market. These discs could be mass-produced, unlike cylinders at the time, and they were quickly adopted as a result. | Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry. (2001, June). Retrieved March 21, 2016, from https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/berlhtml/berlhome.html | cwjacobsohn
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1895 | Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays | http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/75/2/111.full.pd | lnguyen3
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1895 | first radio signal sent and received by Guglielmo Marconi | http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/75/2/111.full.pd | lnguyen3
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1895 | Guglielmo Marconi creates first wireless system capable of transmitting a signal long distances | The Invention of Radio Technology, https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-radio-1992382 | nvanstralen |
1895 | Waldmar Jungner invents a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery. First alkaline battery. Very expensive however Much higher energy than any previous battery. | djlaplante | |
1895 | Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first radio signal | Worcester State University, “Who Invented the Radio?”, https://public.wsu.edu/~bryan.mclaughlin/Radio/Who_Invented_Radio.html, (August 29th, 2019) | moneill |
1896 | Electronic fencing hit detection created | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-long-history-behind-fencers-hitdetecting-electrified-gear | ggsmith |
1896 |
Guglielmo Marconi creates the first wireless telegraph system |
http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline | zrrobbins |
1896 | Samuel P. Language developed the first unmanned aerial vehicle. A steam-powered unmanned aircraft that flew for around 60 seconds above the Potomac River | https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/langley-aerodrome-number-5 Visited: 3/23/2018 | hdunphy
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1897 | Marconi demonstrated a radio transmission over 18 miles of the English Channel. The first wireless company, Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company was founded. | http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/24759 | zrrobbins |
1897 |
Karl Ferdinand Braun creates a cathode ray oscilloscope, the first applied use of CRT technology |
http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/cathode.html | nadiaz |
1897 | Edwin Votey invents the Pianola, the first player piano | https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_605795 | jmmoy |
1898 | Valdemar Poulsen develops and patents the telegraphone, the first magnetic recorder, which works by magnetizing thin steel wire. | Morton, D. Inventing the Wire Recorder. Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/wire2.php | cwjacobsohn |
1898 | Nikola Tesla builds and demonstrates a remote controlled robot boat at Madison Square Garden. | eosowski | |
1899 | The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell | mburns23 | |
1900 | Thomas Lambert develops a method for mass-producing indestructible celluloid cylinder audio recordings. | Schoenherr, S. E. (2005, July 6). Recording Technology History. Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/notes.html | cwjacobsohn |
1900 | The first hybrid car was invented by Ferdinand Porsche. | https://www.livescience.com/37538-who-invented-the-car.html (Accessed March 21, 2018) | anpennie |
1901 | Carl Ferdinand Braun uses semiconductor rectifiers to receive radio signals. | adurkee | |
1901 | Marconi sends "first successful transatlantic radio communication". This helped him prove that the Earth's curvature does not affect radio signals. | mburns23 | |
1902 | Danish engineer, Valdmar Poulsen, invents Poulsen-Arc, a radio transmitter | ||
1902 | Edison introduces his own method for mass-producing hard wax cylinders.
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1902 | Air Conditioner invented by Willis Haviland Carrier | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald
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1902 | First science fiction film released: the French Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip To The Moon) | http://brainknowsbetter.com/news/2014/2/21/georges-melies-a-trip-to-the-moon-reveals-the-psychology-of-film | kthooppalvasu
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1903 | Einhoven creates electrocardiogram | http://smj.sma.org.sg/5301/5301ms1.pdfd | lnguyen3
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1903 | The nickel-iron battery is invented, light weight and durable, though not as powerful as alkaline. | djlaplante | |
1903 | Nikola Tesla patents electrical AND gates | https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/document/4397196/citations#citations | reastwood
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1904 | Welte in Freiburg, Germany succeeds in using perforated paper record and reproduce an original piano performance, essentially inventing the player piano. | rpdabrowski | |
1905 | John Fleming invents the Vacuum Tube | ajthompson | |
1906 | William Randolph Hearst begins to use cylinder recordings of his speeches in his campaign for governor of New York. | Schoenherr, S. E. (2005, July 6). Recording Technology History. Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/notes.html | cwjacobsohn |
1906 | After extensive testing of materials while working on wireless signals, Greenleaf Whittier Pickard discovers silicon crystals as the most stable of rectifiers for receiving wireless signals out of about 30000 materials. | adurkee | |
1906 | Harvard releases report on “The Physical Aspect of American Football” in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal first using term of concussion of the brain in a medical journal and further describes TBI effects | mhsultan | |
1906 | First Audio Radio Broadcast is sent on December 24, 1906 | ||
1906 | Thaddeus Cahill invents the first polyphonic, touch-sensitive music synthesizer. | Weidenaar, Reynold (1995). Magic Music from the Telharmonium. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. | aperucic |
1906 | Creation of first semiconductor diode. | Zhang, J, Eternal 5D data storage by ultrafast laser writing in glass, (University of Southampton, 3/4/2016), https://www-spiedigitallibrary-org.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9736/1/Eternal-5D-data-storage-by-ultrafast-laser-writing-in-glass/10.1117/12.2220600.full, (4/2/2020) | maferreira |
1907 | UPS was founded. | tpatikorn | |
1907 |
Lee De Forest invents the triode tube, capable of not only acting as a diode, but also an amplifier for the signal passing through the tube. |
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1910 | Navy uses headset/headphones for Naval radio operators | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-partial-history-of-headphones-4693742/ | alate |
1911 | Torre's Automatic Chess Player | https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/El+Ajedrecista | awheeler2
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1911 | Fred Wiseman flew with mails from Petaloma to Santa Rosa, California in 1911. | tpatikorn | |
1912 | Creation of electric stove completed by Lloyd Groff Copeman | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1913 | FedEx was founded. | tpatikorn | |
1913 | First refrigerator for home use created by Fred W. Wolf | http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3768 | mjmcdonald |
1913 | First electric dishwasher on the market, created by Walker Brothers | http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3768 | mjmcdonald
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1914 | First technical application of ultrasound (first working sonar system) | http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/history1.html | lnguyen3
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1915 | Carl Benedicks found that germanium's resistance lay between that of silver and tin, and produced a diode using germanium, platinum, and copper. | adurkee | |
1915 | The automatic telephone exchange is created, removing the need for operators on every call. | mburns23 | |
1915 | British use ariel imagery to capture 1500 sky view maps of the German trench fortifications. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1916 | First 2 way radio test on naval warships | tasellielund23
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1916 | One of the first feature-length science fiction films released: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. | https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-1916/ | kthooppalvasu |
1916 | leather helmet made for football players protection in response to the onslaught of injuries stemming from the sport. More helmets would be made for the same purpose | mhsultan | |
1917 | Vernam cipher invented | zhenhe | |
1918 | The US creates ariel torpedoes that work as kamikaze drones. The war ended before these drones saw use. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1919 |
Walter H. Schottky invented the tetrode tube, an improvement over the triode, by adding an electrical screen between the control grid and the anode, which decouples the two to allow for higher voltage gains with a single tube. |
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1920 | The very first radio news program is broadcast, signaling radio as the new dominant medium for entertainment, news, and accessibility of information | prlee | |
1920 | John Hugo Mfg. Co. developed a toy for young children called Radio Rex that would move forward when the dog's name, Rex, was called. | Gold, Bernard, Nelson Morgan, and Dan Ellis. "Chapter 4: Brief History of Automatic Speech Recognition." Speech and Audio Signal Processing: Processing and Perception of Speech and Music. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. N. pag. Print. | leantul
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1920 | European cinema diverges from American cinema in using science fiction for social commentary. Example: Aelita: Queen of Mars | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_fiction_films#Silent%20film. Aelita: http://sensesofcinema.com/2010/cteq/aelita-queen-of-mars/ | kthooppalvasu
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1921 | One of the first radio stations to host music program airs under the name 'WJZ' | ||
1921 | Czech writer Karel Capek introduces the word "Robot" in his play "R.U.R"(Rossuum's Universal Robots)" "Robot in Czech comes from the word "robota" meaning "compulsory labor" | eosowski | |
1921 | First try of car-to car radio | (2016, May 19). In 1921 first car-to-car radios are used. by Gyasi C. on Prezi. Retrieved March 24, 2017, from https://prezi.com/0c6dbmxmfen3/in-1921-first-car-to-car-radios-are-used/ | yzhou8 |
1921 | First graphing calculator is invented by Edith Clarke | Charlotte Montague, Women of Invention Life-Changing Ideas by Remarkable Women | dstusalitus |
1922 | Bell Telephone Laboratories develops and produces a "condenser microphone," which is designed to better reduce distortion, increase bass response, and capture more of the highs and lows of sound. Arthur Scerbius built the German Enigma machine. | zhenhe | |
1922 | BBC broadcasts first radio program | http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/24759 | zrrobbins |
1923 | First electric key punch is designed by IBM. This was one of the earliest machines that could be used to create data and input for computers. | http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1923.html (accessed March 21, 2016). | djkiourtsis |
1923 | First prototype of the Enigma machine is invented sold as a commercial product by German engineer Arthur Scherbius. | Churchhouse, R. (2002). Codes and ciphers Julius Caesar, the Enigma, and the internet . Cambridge ;: Cambridge University Press. | etarthur |
1923 AD | First instant camera is invented | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1924 | Electric Recorders - The electronic amplifier by Western Electric inspired Columbia to develop electric recording technology. It turned out to be a huge success. The electronic recorders soon become more popular than traditional acoustic players. | bangyan | |
1925 | 35mm Film - Developed by Leica, this film size becomes the most popular size for amateur photographers. | tjstone | |
1925 | Houdina Radio Control demonstrates a radio controlled car called the Linriccan Wonder in New York City. The car is controlled by a passenger in a following car. | Driverless Dreams: Technological Narratives and the Shape of the Automated Car. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. Pg. 11. http://www.estayton.com/Stayton_DriverlessDreams_May5_2015.pdf. | aaadkins |
1926 | Walter H. Schottky invented the tetrode tube, an improvement over the triode, by adding an electrical screen between the control grid and the anode, which decouples the two to allow for higher voltage gains with a single tube | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6218283 | ajthompson |
1927 | Plus four wristlet route indicator released | hsahay | |
1927 | First successful demonstration of electronic television by 21-year-old Philo Farnsworth | Mitchell Stephens, “History of Television,” https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm, (August 29th, 2019) | moneill |
1927 | General George Squier patents technology allowing music to be transmitted over electrical lines | https://www.google.com/patents/US1641608?dq=1641608 | egouveia |
1928 | One-way police radio communication | ||
1928 | The N.Y.S.E. introduces new and improved high-speed tickers. The devices can print 500 characters per minute, almost twice as fast as the earlier models. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/crash/2/ | tleung |
1928 | Invention of magnetic tape for recording sound by Fritz Pfleumer in Germany | ||
1929 | Edward Link developed the “Link Trainer”, a commercial flight simulator that simulated the movements of a plane in actual flight. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1930 | Magnetic Recorders - Magnetic recording is widely used today for video and audio tape. It is actually introduced way back in the 1900s. However, it is in the 1930s that it truly becomes a popular recording way for the public and companies such as BBC. At that time, the best magnetic technology is in the hands of German companies. | bangyan | |
1930 |
The Hike-o-meter becomes popular in America with the growing popularity of walking |
Freedman, R. (2005). Children of the Great Depression. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
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1930 | Dick Tracy - The Concept | hsahay | |
1930 | Analog compression developed | bjsharron | |
1930s | Lever voting machines were used in most major United States cities and spread slowly to other districts | Douglas W. Jones, “A Brief Illustrated History of Voting,” (The University of Iowa, 2003), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1932 | Polish cryptologists broke the Enigma machine code | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215003/Secrets-Enigma-code-cracked-Polish-Brits-MPs-claim.html; Churchhouse, R. (2002). Codes and ciphers Julius Caesar, the Enigma, and the internet. Cambridge ;: Cambridge University Press. | ajmokotoff, etarthur |
1933 | Two-way police radio communication | ||
1933 | FM Radio (frequency modulation) is invented by Edwin Armstrong | ||
1933 | Two-thirds of American households own at least one radio. | ||
1933 | George Artsrouni patents a basic translation device that makes use of stored paper tape to translate any word into another language. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1934 | Akira Nakashima introduces circuit switching theory | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ieejfms/124/8/124_8_720/_article | reastwood |
1935 | Hammond Organ Company invents the first commercially successful additive synthesizer. | http://www.hammond-organ.com/History/hammond_lore.htm Visited 08/30/2017 | aperucic |
1936 | Alan Turing introduces the concept of a theoretical computer called the Turing Machine. Additionally, he introduces the principle of imitation. | Robert Epstein, Gary Roberts, Grace Beber, Parsing the Turing Test (Springer Science + Business Media B.V, 2009) | eosowski, rjsthilaire |
1936 | Ronald Fisher first describes Linear Discriminant Analysis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisher#cite_note-70 | ljbuquicchio |
1936 | The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard is invented by Dr. August Dvorak. The layout intends to minimize finger motion and typing errors. | https://patents.google.com/patent/US2040248 | jbbrown |
1936 | Alonzo Church discovers Lambda Calculus, the foundation for functional programming languages. | https://hope.simons-rock.edu/~pshields/cs/cmpt320/barendregt.pdf | rmschade |
1937 | First FM Radio station is created, W1X0J in Massachusetts | ||
1937 AD | Polaroid is founded | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1938 | Orson Welles' "The War of the World" is broadcast causing panic across nation, many citizens believing the alien invasion is real. | ||
1939 | Homer Dudley invented and showed the world the Voder which according to Bernard Gold's publication in The Lincoln Laboratory Journal, was a machine that, was controlled by a human operator who operated a console similar to a piano keyboard (pg. 163). | Gold, Bernard. "A History of Vocoder Research at Lincoln Laboratory." The Lincoln Laboratory Journal 3.2 (1990): 163-202. Lincoln Laboratory. Web. 4 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
1939 | United States creates the first remote controlled air craft called the radio plane OQ2 | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1939 | Norman Bel Geddes depicts radio-controlled autonomous vehicles propelled by electromagnetic fields produced by circuitry in roads at the World's Fair. | Autonomous Cars: Past, Present and Future - A Review of the Developments in the Last Century, the Present Scenario and the Expected Future of Autonomous Vehicle Technology. SCITEPRESS, 2015. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=7350466&tag=1. Pg 2 | aaadkins |
1939 | One of the first entertainment television programs was the broadcasting of a Major League baseball game. | First Televised Major League Baseball Game, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-televised-major-league-baseball-game | mazyla |
1940s | Magnetic-core memory was invented. | https://www.dataversity.net/brief-history-data-storage/ | nchkhaidze |
1940 | "The History of Musical Instruments" by Curt Sachs offers the term 'electrophone', which is used to describe any kind of instruments that involved electricity. | ||
1940 | Issac Asimov produces a series of short stories about robots for Super Science Stories magazine, these stories are eventually compiled into the vont-size: small;">Information Theory developed leading to new techniques in data compression | bjsharron | |
1940 | Goliath a mobile landmine used by German forces was remotely controlled and could be remotely detonated. | http://www.allonrobots.com/military_robots_history.html Visited: 3/23/2018 | hdunphy |
1941 AD | The first television news station is formed | M. Conway, "The Birth of CBS-TV News," Journalism History, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 128-137, 2006. | prlee |
1941 | Les Paul produces the very first electric guitar, known as "The Log". Navajo windtalkers used in World War II | zhenhe | |
1941 | The Robinson code-breaking machine is built by the British to decode ENIGMA machine messages sent by the Germans | eosowski | |
1941 | The Atanasoff-Berry computer is completed, able to solve systems of linear equations |
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1941 | Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. US fails to act on information intercepted by SIGINT | D. Owen, "A review of intelligence oversight failure: NSA programs that affected Americans," Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 2012. | mttaylor
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1941 | ZUSE Z3 Terminal - Konrad Zuse creates the ZUSE Z3. Its display was made up of rows of lamps to show the output of program code stored on punched film. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 Wikipedia, Z3 (computer), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3_(computer) | jhyuen
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1942 | Issac Asimov introduces the Three Laws of Robotics | https://search.proquest.com/docview/1646568398?pq-origsite=summon | rjsthilaire
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1943 | McCulloch and Pitts publish their paper "A Logical Calculus of The Ideas Immanent In Nervous Activity" providing the basis for artificial neural networks. | http://www.minicomplexity.org/pubs/1943-mcculloch-pitts-bmb.pdf | nmmuesch |
1943 | French computer expert, Rene Carmille, hacked the punch cards used by the Nazis to locate Jews. | http://www.technonerdz.org/2015/01/unconventional-guide-hacking/ | ajmokotoff |
1945 | Project Shamrock. NSA begins recording telegraph data of US companies | D. Owen, "A review of intelligence oversight failure: NSA programs that affected Americans," Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 2012. | mttaylor |
1945 | Allied nations gain access to German invention of magnetic tape | ||
1946 | The first sound engineering class and academic profession is created in Germany at the Music Institute at Detmold. | ||
1946 | AT&T mobile phone service system established in St.Louis | Klemens, G. (2010). The cellphone: the history and technology of the gadget that changed the world. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. | yzhou8 |
1946 | Microwave accidentally invented during a radar research project by Dr. Percy Spencer | http://www.partselect.ca/Resources/Appliances-Timeline-Of-Their-Arrival.aspx | mjmcdonald |
1946 | Universal Recording founds by Bill Putnam | ||
1946 | Cold War begins | Erin Blakemore, What was the Cold War?, (National Geographic, 2019), https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topics/reference/cold-war/ (2 Apr 2020) | icleaverstigum
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1947 | The first hand-held mechanical calculator, the Curta miniature, is created. Very compact and cylindrical design. | http://history-computer.com/MechanicalCalculators/20thCentury/Curta.html Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1947 | The United States performed experiments and observed that when two gold point contacts were applied to a crystal of germanium. | https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200011/history.cfm | tmarwaha |
1947 |
The transistor is invented |
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1947 | Commercial TV taking shape in US | History of Television, https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm | mazyla |
1947 | Putnam records the first artist singing more than one line on a tape recorder | ||
1947 | Putnam creats artificial reverb along with other effects |
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1947 | ENIAC Card Reader/Punch with IBM 405 Tabulator - The ENIAC used Hollerith punched cards for both input and output. Code would be punched into the input cards, the ENIAC would process the code, and then it would write out the output onto another card. These output cards could be read through the IBM 405 Tabulator. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1947 | The first transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
1948 | The first Random Access Memory (RAM) using cathode ray tubes is developed. | https://www.dataversity.net/brief-history-data-storage/ | nchkhaidze |
1948 | Instant Prints - With the invention of the Polaroid camera, pictures could be printed directly from the camera and developed within minutes. | tjstone | |
1948 | The point-contact transistor was independently invented by German physicists. | http://www.computerhistory.org/siliconengine/the-european-transistor-invention/ | tmarwaha |
1948 | Frederic C. Williams and Tom Kilburn of the University of Manchester build the Small Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), one of the first computers with CRT output. | Peddie, J. (2013). The history of visual magic in computers how beautiful images are made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR (p. 297). London: Springer Science & Business Media. | tjnickerson |
1948 | Columbia records standardizes the 33 RPM vinyl record as a form of audio recording | http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/1469540513488403 | rmabualhaija |
1948 | RCA introduces a 45 rpm vinyl microgroove record for playing and recording music. | rpdabrowski | |
1948 | Tape recorders - Tape recorder took the position of phonograph and optical recording in the 1940s. Around 1946, the first consumer magnetic recorder came to the market. However, its market is soon replaced by that of tape recorder, which is much cheaper and better. Millions of these recorders were sold. | bangyan | |
1948 | Ralph Teetor invents cruise control | MILESTONES: Ralph Teetor, Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd., 2010. http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/docview/609129156?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=29120. | aaadkins |
1948 | First piece of musique concrete publicly broadcasted | ||
1948 AD | First commercially available instant camera is released | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
1946-06-17 | First mobile telephone call | emilymiller | |
March 1949 | F. C. Williams and T. Kilburn outline a cathode ray tube display for computers. | F. C. Williams and T. Kilburn, "A Storage System for Use with Binary-Digital Computing Machines.” (Journal IEE, 1949), Pages 112-113. | pjjankowski |
1949 | Warren Weaver proposes his theory of machine translation in his paper Memorandum on Translation | https://go.smartling.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-machine-translation/ | mjgulbin |
1950s | Cold War results in computers being developed for the US military | Slava Gerovitch, 'Mathematical Machines' of the Cold War: Soviet Computing, American Cybernetics and Ideological Disputes in the Early 1950s, ( Sage Publications, 2001), http://blogs.bu.edu/guidedhistory/files/2013/02/MathematicalMachinesoftheColdWar.pdf (2 Apr 2020); Michael Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age, 7th Edition, (Pearson, 2017) | icleaverstigum |
1950 | First use of the word "synthesizer" was used to describe electronic machines that were used to create sounds and music. | rpdabrowski | |
1950 | Modern magnetic tape recording has become the standard medium for recording audio. | obspring | |
1950 | Stereo Sound - Stereo is introduced to the public and soon became popular in the 1950s. Although the stereo creates false sound instrument positions, the consumers like its 3D effect. This is why it becomes popular. | bangyan | |
1950 | Huffman coding invented | bjsharron | |
1950 | Bell labs successfully produced a working bipolar NPN junction amplifying germanium transistor. | http://www.computerhistory.org/siliconengine/first-grown-junction-transistors-fabricated/ | tmarwaha |
1950 | Alan Turing introduces the Turing Test in his paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Additionally, he depicts his theory of a universal machine that could be capable of non-mechanical actions such as imagination, judgement, and surprise | http://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/471/papers/turing.pdf; Robert Epstein, Gary Roberts, Grace Beber, Parsing the Turing Test (Springer Science + Business Media B.V, 2009) | nmmuesch, rjsthilaire |
1950 | The first truly solid, wall-to-wall automated home was created and lived in by a mechanical whiz known as Emil Mathias in Jackson, Michigan of the USA | https://www.the-ambient.com/features/visions-through-the-ages-history-of-home-automation-178 | dberardi
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1950 | SWAC Console - 2,300 vacuum tubes were used for storing memory and displaying that memory in a readable format. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 Wikipedia, SWAC (computer), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAC_(computer) | jhyuen
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1950s | Morton Heilig invented the Sensorama, a fully immersive theatre-cabinet with a stereoscopic viewer, moving chair, scents, and wind. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1950s | Metaphors/abstractions are used to describe computing tasks (e.g. “files,” programming “language,” “copy” and “paste”). Human computer interaction experts label this as engaging in a “dialogue” between humans and computers. | Imaz, Manuel, and David Benyon. Designing with Blends: Conceptual Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering, MIT Press, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/wpi/detail.action?docID=3338668 | ciduarte |
1951 | First known computer-produced music. A Ferranti Mark 1 computer is programmed to beep out "Baa Baa Black Sheep". | jdfrench
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1951 | Ferranti Mark 1 Star - The Ferranti utilized Williams Tubes to display 20-bit words as a single line of dots. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 Wikipedia, Ferranti Mark 1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti_Mark_1 | jhyuen
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1951 | UNIVAC I Console - The UNIVAC I’s display consisted of rows of tiny light bulbs that would blink to communicate to the user. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1952 | AI OXO wins Tic-Tac-Toe | http://wpi.aci.info/view/14650deba575c0c0128/152861cf9a90012000a | awheeler2 |
1952 | Bell Labs developed a speech recognition machine with the ability to understand spoken number values after being accustomed to an individual's voice with only a 2% failure rate. | Gold, Bernard, Nelson Morgan, and Dan Ellis. "Chapter 4: Brief History of Automatic Speech Recognition." Speech and Audio Signal Processing: Processing and Perception of Speech and Music. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. N. pag. Print. | leantul |
1953 | First operational transistorized computer by University of Manchester team lead by Tom Kilburn. | http://www.computerhistory.org/siliconengine/transistorized-computers-emerge/ | allewis |
1953 | Chamberlin is invented by Harry Chamberlin and is considered to be the first sampler instrument using strips of tape, one tape for each separate key. | https://www.google.com/patents/US2940351 | obspring |
1953 | General Motors and RCA complete a scale model of an automated highway system in which signals generated by the roads are used to control vehicles. | Driverless Dreams: Technological Narratives and the Shape of the Automated Car. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. Pg. 17 | aaadkins |
1954 | Solar cells are invented, bringing forth Solar Energy in the electricity market. | djlaplante | |
1954 | First pocket radio is invented by Regency | wofrick | |
1954 | The first working silicon transistor was developed at Bell Labs | Chelikowski, J. (2004) "Introduction: Silicon in all its Forms", p. 1 in Silicon: evolution and future of a technology. | tmarwaha |
1954 | Gordon Teal produces the first silicon transistor at a meeting of the Institute of Radio Engineers in Ohio. | adurkee | |
1954 |
Morris Tanenbaum develops the first working silicon transistor at Bell Labs. |
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/the-lost-history-of-the-transistor, | ajthompson |
1954 | The Georgetown-IBM Experiment in New York City showcases a computer translating 49 pre-selected Russian sentences into English, which is the first public demonstration of translation technology. Its success sparks increased machine translation development around the world. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_machine_translation ; Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | mjgulbin, kmpicho |
1955 | Manganese-alkaline batteries (the common alkaline battery) is invented, lasting far longer and more powerful than carbon-zinc batteries and made affordable by Lewis Urry | djlaplante | |
1955 | Robert Everett develops the light pen as part of MIT's Whirlwind project, the predecessor to the mouse. | Weisberg, D. (2008). Computer-Aided Design's Strong Roots at MIT. In The Engineering Design Revolution: The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering. Englewood, Colorado. | tjnickerson |
1956 | The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence occurs at Dartmouth College, where they coin the term "artificial intelligence" | eosowski
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1956 | Allen Newell, J.C Shaw, and Herbert Simon demonstrated the first running AI program, Logic Theorist | https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/LogicTheorist.html | rjsthilaire |
1957 | SAGE Console - The SAGE used radar and oscilloscope cathode ray tubes to display vector information as it pertained to radar military applications. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1957 | John Koss, founder of Koss Corporation, creats the first ever commercial stereo headphones | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-partial-history-of-headphones-4693742/ | alate |
1957 | The creation of the light pen allowed users to directly interact with the computer screen. | Some Milestones in Computer Input Devices: An Informal Timeline, http://www.billbuxton.com/inputTimeline.html (accessed March 21, 2016). | djkiourtsis |
1957 | Max Matthews writes the MUSIC program at Bell Labs, one of the first pieces of software for music production. Later versions add polyphony and multiple instrument sounds. Numerous derivatives are created over the next decade. | jdfrench | |
1957 | While working at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, Max Mathews produces the world's first computer-generated sounds. | rpdabrowski | |
1957 | Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) is Founded | eapolekoff | |
1957 | First fully functional chess player program written | cpnota | |
1957 | The Standard & Poor 500 Index is introduced. Computer technology allows the S & P 500 to calculate and report market levels at one-minute intervals throughout the day. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/crash/2/ | tleung |
1957 | Stylator is invented by Tom L. Dimond. This new tablet input directly to a computer instead of a receiving device. It used handwriting recognition as well. | wtao | |
1957 | A blind seven year old boy discovers a perfect whistle pitch that interacts with AT&T's implementation of fully automatic switches, therefore opening up vulnerabilities. | http://www.radiolab.org/story/187724-long-distance/ | ajmokotoff |
1957 | The famous 'Villa Arpel" set on "Mon Ocle" shows the first depcition of Home Automation in mass media | https://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/book/home-networking-and-security/9781848213210/chapter-1-introduction/sec_1_2_html#X2ludGVybmFsX0h0bWxWaWV3P3htbGlkPTk3ODE4NDgyMTMyMTAlMkZzZWNfMV8yX2h0bWwmcXVlcnk9 | dberardi |
1957 | The Monsanto House of the Future is built in Disney, the first physical conecpt of Home Automation | https://www.the-ambient.com/features/visions-through-the-ages-history-of-home-automation-178 | dberardi
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1957 | IBM published FORTRAN | Michael Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age, 7th Edition, (Pearson, 2017) | icleaverstigum |
1957 | SAGE Console - The SAGE used radar and oscilloscope cathode ray tubes to display vector information as it pertained to radar military applications. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1957 | Universal Recording moved to Hollywood in the form of Universal Recording Corp. | ||
1957 | Invention of Sensorama, the first attempt at Augmented Reality technology created by Morton Heilig. | Interaction Design Foundation, https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/augmented-reality-the-past-the-present-and-the-future | mchava |
First digital image is captured
Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 |
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1957 | PRONTO (Program for Numerical Tooling Operations) by Dr. Patrick J. Hanratty, the first commercial numerical control programming system. | https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8 |
1958 | First integrated circuit created by Jack Kilby, a single transistor | ndemarinis | |
1958 | First SAGE system is deployed, featuring a state of the art 19-inch CRT screen which could be interacted with using a light pen. The system is used to track aircraft. | http://www.i-programmer.info/history/machines/441-sage.html | nadiaz
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1958 | CREED 75 Teleprinter - Instead of using punch cards like the ENIAC, the CREED used paper tape to code programs and produce output. Since the machine did not require cards, the machine automatically typed output on the paper in a human-readable form. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1958 | Vertigo is the first movie including computer animation. | https://computeranimationhistory-cgi.jimdo.com/ | ermahoney |
1959 | AI Lab at MIT is founded (presently called CSAIL) | https://www.csail.mit.edu/about | mjgiancola |
1959 | MIT Researcher Douglas T Ross created the term “computer aided design”. | https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8
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1960s | Object-oriented language SIMULA published by ACM | 12. Old-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard, SIMULA – an ALGOL-Based Simulation Language, (ACM, 1966), https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/365813.365819 (2 Apr 2020) | |
1960 | Ted Nelson began Project Xanadu with the ultimate goal of having a computer network but combining that with an easy user interface. | History of Search Engines: From 1945 to Google Today. Search Engine History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. | hanguyen |
1960 | Joe Meek founds RGM Sound Ltd and creates the idea of a “home studio” |
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1960 | US government starts funding research that eventually creates the internet | Alex Thompson, A Brief History of Long Distance Communication, https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-long-distance-communication/ | nvanstralen |
1960 | Morton Heilig developed the first head-mounted display called the Telesphere Mask that provided stereoscopic 3D vision and stereo sound. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid
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1960 | PDP-1 CRT - The PDP-1 also included the Type 30 Precision CRT Display which could show basic images. With use of a connect pen, the user could pick points on the display. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 Wikipedia, PDP-1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-1 | jhyuen |
1960 | J.C.R. Licklider writes a paper called “Man-Computer Symbiosis” to discuss the issues associated with personal computing devices. | Imaz, Manuel, and David Benyon. Designing with Blends: Conceptual Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering, MIT Press, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/wpi/detail.action?docID=3338668 | ciduarte |
1960 | Punch cards were used for voting and would be collected and read by a card reading system | Douglas W. Jones, “A Brief Illustrated History of Voting,” (The University of Iowa, 2003), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
The United States Navy launched six satellites in an experiment to track submarines using a very basic GPS. | NASA, Global Positioning System History, https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/communications/policy/GPS_History.html (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg | |
1960 | Punch cards were used for voting and would be collected and read by a card reading system | Douglas W. Jones, “A Brief Illustrated History of Voting,” (The University of Iowa, 2003), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1960 | Ivan Sutherland from MIT invented SKETCHPAD, the first software ever with graphical user interface (GUI) which allows user to draw on a CRT screen with a light pen. | https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8 |
1961 | An IBM 704 becomes the first computer to sing. The song is "Daisy Bell", which is famously sung by the computer HAL in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (in reference to this event). Video: | jdfrench | |
1961 | First Wearable | Edward O. Thorp. 1998. The Invention of the First Wearable Computer. In Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '98). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 4-. | akshoop |
1961 | First symbolic integration program SAINT, developed by James Salgle in Lisp, which solved college freshman-level calculus problems. | http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/MIT/MIT-LCS-TR-047-corrected-ocr.pdf | allewis |
1961 | The first motion tracking head-mounted display, the Headsight was developed by Comeau and Bryan of Philco Co. using a magnetic tracking system. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1962 | The first communication satellite, Telstar, is launched into orbit | http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline | zrrobbins |
1962 | J.C.R Licklider first proposes a global computer network | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1962 | Leonard Kleinrock develops the idea of packet switching | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1962 | The first industrial arm robot is introduced. Called the Unimate it is used for dangerous tasks on a General Motors assembly line | eosowski | |
1962 | Ivan Sutherkand introduces SketchPad, a line drawing device that utilizes light pens for illustration. | Sutherland, I. (1964). Sketch pad a man-machine graphical communication system. Proceedings of the SHARE Design Automation Workshop on - DAC '64, 6.329-6.346. Retrieved September 4, 2015, from ACM. | tjnickerson |
1962 | Mainframe computer game Spacewar! is written at MIT. | bli | |
1962 | IBM developed a speech recognition device which was capable of recognizing 16 words, which included numbers less than 10, 4 mathematical operation commands, and the words off and false. | "Pioneering Speech Recognition." IBM100 - Icons of Progress. IBM, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
1962 | Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) is founded. | http://ai.stanford.edu/ | mjgiancola |
1962 | Meek produces most famous recording “Telstar” by The Tornados | Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ |
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1962 | ASR-33 Teletype - While teletypes were used previously for communicating across telegraph lines, they were later hooked up to computers to continuously output a computer session. The low cost of the setup was attractive to many engineers. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1962 | The Anita MK VII, the first electronic desktop calculator, is developed by Bell Punch Co. in England | http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/calculator_time-line.html | pbcoady |
1962 | The Voltronic ballot tabulator was first used in elections. | Douglas W. Jones, “A Brief Illustrated History of Voting,” (The University of Iowa, 2003), http://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1963 | Phillips releases its compact cassette, a major breakthrough in tape cassettes. It is not the first "tape" based recording device, but it is the best, most compact, and quickly becomes the standard for all tapes/players. | rpdabrowski | |
1963 | Mellotron is produced by a new company called Streetly Electronics, a sampler that is mass producible and widely popular. The mellotron used tape to play back samples similarly to the Chamberlin. | https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234938/http://www.nordkeyboards.com/main.asp?tm=Sound%20Libraries&cllibr=Nord_Sample_Library&clslib=Mellotron | obspring |
1963 | The RAND Tablet is introduced. It is claimed to be the first digital graphic device that is low cost. | wtao | |
1963 | Ted Nelson coined the term hypertext, which allowed for associations between links to be made (similar to how the human brain works). | History of Search Engines: From 1945 to Google Today. Search Engine History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. | hanguyen |
1963 | Sutherland introduces the Sketchpad system. This would mainly be used for drawing. | A brief history of human-computer interaction technology. Interactions, 5(2), 44-54. | djkiourtsis |
1963 | First modular synthesizer developed by R.A. Moog Co. | http://moogarchives.com/chrono.htm Visited 08/30/2017 | aperucic |
1963 | Woodrow Wilson Bledsoe publishes "A PROPOSAL FOR A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A SIMPLIFIED FACE RECOGNITION MACHINE. | https://archive.org/details/firstfacialrecognitionresearch/page/n1 | sgubrud |
1963 | Dr. Who theme song is made by only using raw recordings of real-world sounds and sine and square wave oscillators | Retrieved from https://youtu.be/75V4ClJZME4 | |
1964 | Desktop electric calculators raise in popularity. Use thousands of transistors and cost thousands of dollars for companies to purchase. | http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/history_of_electronic_calculat.htm Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1964 | The National Academy of Sciences form a committee called ALPAC to research machine translation | https://go.smartling.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-machine-translation/ | mjgulbin |
1964 | The IBM 360 becomes the first computer to be mass-produced | eosowski | |
1964 | The efficiency of a Packet-Switched network is demonstrated in a study done for the US Air Force. | Roberts, Lawrence G. The evolution of packet switching, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1455410 (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1964 | The Talking Typewriter was developed as a tool to help individuals with disabilities and children based on a pre-determined lesson. | Sanderson, Barbara A., and Daniel W. Kratochvil. "The Edison Responsive Environment Learning System, or the Talking Typewriter." (1972): 1-34. American Institute for Research in the Behavioral Sciences. Web. 4 Sept. 2015. | leantul
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1964 | UNISCOPE 300 – Glass Teletype - Engineers realized CRT display technology could be fashioned into glass teletypes as it was more efficient than paper, and so the UNISCOPE was made. It was hooked up to computers to display text for user input and output. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1965 | The mouse is developed at Stanford to replace the existing light pens. | A brief history of human-computer interaction technology. Interactions, 5(2), 44-54. |
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1965 | IBM makes virtual machine | 8. Eric Kohlbrenner, Dana Morris, andd Brett Morris, The History of Virtual Machines, (Dennings Institute) http://denninginstitute.com/itcore/virtualmachine/history.htm (2 Apr 2020) | icleaverstigum |
1965 | E.A. Johnson publishes an article on the design of a capacitive touchscreen. He later published a more complete article with photos two years later in 1967. | djbenson | |
1965 | Lawrence Roberts connects a computer in MA to one in CA | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1965 | MIT's CTSS, a campus wide network | emilymiller | |
1965 | Same computer Messagign system developed at MIT - named MAILBOX | w.gomez.r | |
1965 | Moore's Law (# of transistors in an IC double ~ 2 years) | Moore, Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~fussell/courses/cs352h/papers/moore.pdf | xjjackson |
1965 | The Votomatic voting machine is developed, allowing for quicker, easier voting using punch cards | http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/supplies/supplies_5404PH12.html | stgoldman
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1965 | Capacitive touch screen - A cathode-ray-tube monitor with a capacitive touch display was created by Eric Arthur Johnson, an engineer at the Royal Radar establishment to be used for air traffic control systems. | Interactive Displays: Natural Human‐Interface Technologies. (n.d.). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9781118706237 | jhyuen |
1965 | Gordon Moore publishes his famous essay that introduced Moore’s Law. | Waldrop, M. Mitchel, The chips are down for Moore’s law, (Nature, 2/9/2016), pp.144–147 | maferreira |
1966 | The newly formed Intel Corporation began selling a semiconductor chip with 2,000 bits of memory. | https://www.dataversity.net/brief-history-data-storage/ | nchkhaidze |
1966 | The first hand-held electric calculator is invented by Texas Instruments, Incorporated. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1966 | Electrified foil used at Olympic fencing tournament | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-long-history-behind-fencers-hitdetecting-electrified-gear | ggsmith |
1966 | The Stanform Research Institute creates Shakey, the first mobile robot to know and react to its own actions. | eosowski | |
1966 | The ECHO IV, which was never commercially sold, was invented. This device could perform common home actions such as controlling lights and appliances. | http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/m2m/articles/376816-history-smart-homes.htm | mjmcdonald |
1966 | The National Traffic and Motor Safety Act was passed, requiring all newly manufactured cars to be equipped with safety standards including seat belts and airbags. | https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-johnson-signs-the-national-traffic-and-motor-vehicle-safety-act (Accessed March 22, 2018) | anpennie |
1966 | The Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee (ALPACA) releases a report stating that machine translation will never feasibly match the performance of human translators, leading to a decline in machine translation development. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1967 | The floppy disk drive (FDD) was invented at IBM by Alan Shugart. | https://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive1.htm | nchkhaidze |
1967 | Richard Greenblatt writes MacHack, the first program to play chess that can defeat human opponents. | eosowski | |
1967 | The Datapoint 3300 terminal is released, using a small CRT display capable of displaying 24-25 lines of text. | http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=94http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/History/TVT_History.htm | nadiaz |
1967 | The ECHO IV was the first smart device which could compute shopping lists, control the home’s temperature and turn appliances on and off | http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/m2m/articles/376816-history-smart-homes.htm | dberardi |
1967 | Logo, a educational programming language was developed by the MIT labs to educate elementary school students in learning to write code. | https://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/history.html | sli11 |
1968 | Koss unleashed the first US made electrostatic model , the ESP-6’s | https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/a-history-of-headphone-design | alate |
1968 | George H. Heilmeier and his team invent the first Liquid Crystal Displays | http://ethw.org/Milestones:Liquid_Crystal_Display_1968 | nadiaz |
1968 | FCC, in the Carterphone case, ruled to allow external devices to be connected to AT&T telephone line network. Paving the way for future network devices. | Johnson, Nicholas, Carterphone: My Story, http://ssrn.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/abstract=2173506 (9/3/2015) | svadlamudi |
1968 | SYSTRAN is founded by Dr. Peter Toma | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYSTRAN | mjgulbin |
1968 | Computer Based Head Mounted Display | Ivan E. Sutherland. 1968. A head-mounted three dimensional display. In Proceedings of the December 9-11, 1968, fall joint computer conference, part I (AFIPS '68 (Fall, part I)). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 757-764 | akshoop |
1968 | Douglas Engelbart gives "the mother of all demos", introducing the oN-Line System, with components such as a graphic user interface, computer mouse, multi-window display, email, live videoconferencing, and raster-scan video monitor. | Engelbart, Douglas. “A research center for augmenting human intellect”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY (Accessed 3/17/19). | tjnickerson, pjjankowski, ciduarte
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1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey is released. Widely regarded as one of the best science fiction movies of all time. | https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/space-odyssey-kubrick-science-fiction | kthooppalvasu |
1968 | The Sword of Damocles was created by Ivan Sutherland and student Bob Sproull and was the first AR/VR device connected to a computer rather than a camera and produced primitive wireframe objects. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1968 | First ever Augmented Reality technology, a head-mounted display system, developed by Ivan Sutherland at Harvard University. | Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2016/10/the-mainstreaming-of-augmented-reality-a-brief-history | mchava |
1968 | The HP9100A, the first programmable scientific calculator, is developed by Hewlett-Packard | Otto van Poelje, “The Demise of the Slide Rule” | pbcoady
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1969 | ARPANET goes online connecting UCLA, Stanford, UCSB, and UU | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1969 | The internet begins as ARPANET, which is commissioned by the DoD. The first nodes are created at UCLA, SRI, UCSB, and the University of Utah. | Hobbes, Hobbes' Abridged Internet Timeline, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mitra/honors/timeline.html(9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1969 | Victor Scheinman, a mechanical engineering student working in the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab creates the Stanford Arm, which is still a standard today | eosowski | |
1969 | DHL was founded. | tpatikorn | |
1969 | UNIX is created. | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2531905/operating-systems/timeline--40-years-of-os-milestones.html | rdomanico |
1969 | University of California in Los Angeles becomes the first connection pointf of ARPANET. | Shinder, Debra L., Computer Networking Essentials (Cisco Press, 2001), 3. http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/book/networking/1587130386/introduction-to-pc-networking/3?uicode=wpi (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1969 | The first microprocessor for commercial use in a terminal application. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
1969 | MAGI released Syntha Vision, the first commercially available solid modeler program | https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8 |
1964 - 1971 | The Moog Synthesizer becomes the first to ever be mass produced. | rpdabrowski | |
1971 | Patrick Hanratty founded Manufacturing and Consulting Services (MCS) and developed Automated Drafting and Machining (ADAM) in Fortran. The software is designed to work on every machine and 80% of CAD programs today can be traced back to ADAM. | https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8 |
1973 | Second Impact Syndrome discovered where it’s possible to suffer from another concussion whilst already concussed | mhsultan | |
Late 1970s | DARPA begins to decrease funding to AI, especially speech recognition | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4475849/ | mjgiancola |
Around 1970 | Moore's law term is coined by Carver Mead | https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/m/Moore%2527s_Law.htm | rmschade |
1970 | Alan Kay joins Engelbar to found the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). |
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1970 | NiMH batteries emerge, proving to be powerful batteries with long lifespans and also better for the environment than cadmium-based batteries. | djlaplante | |
1970 | The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) creates the Alto, a personal computing device complete with a bitmapped display, keyboard, and mouse. Xerox also creates Ethernet to network the Alto. | Quinn, Michael J. Ethics for the information age. pg. 34-35. Pearson Education Inc., 2015. Print. | ciduarte
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1970 | Lucifer algorithm developed, later evolved into triple-DES (Data Encryption Standard) | zhenhe | |
1970 | Referred to as “the grandfather of automation”, the X10, a device that connected to power lines to control home appliances, was invented. | http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/#94RaVgOCkkqc | mjmcdonald |
1970 | First publication of Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automata "game" that despite its simplicity proved to be massively powerful and even Turing-complete. | https://web.archive.org/web/20090603015231/http://ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/HyFISCH/Produzieren/lis_projekt/proj_gamelife/ConwayScientificAmerican.htm | crmyers |
1970 | First use of Structured Query Language (SQL) the base of all RDBMSs | Keith D. Foote, A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases Retrieved August 29th 2019 from https://www.dataversity.net/a-brief-history-of-non-relational-databases/ | bjaubuchon |
1970 | Direct recording electronic devices (DREs) were developed to replace lever voting machines with buttons and lights. The DREs would use 35mm film to count votes | Charles Stewart III, “Voting Technologies” (Annual Review of Political Science, 2011), https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.053007.145205, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
1970 | The United States Air Force adopts the use of a Systran translation system for Russian-English translations. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1971 | Project Gutenberg, the first digital library, opens for public use. | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29801/29801-pdf.pdf | jaturcotte |
1971 | The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (N.A.S.D.A.Q.) opens its first day of trading, becoming the world's first electronic stock market. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/crash/2/ | tleung |
1971 | The Advanced Research Projects Agency, also known as ARPA, decided to financially back a five year project to further speech understanding and set the criteria that all machines must be able to understand 1000 chosen words with a maximum failure rate of 10%. | Gold, Bernard, Nelson Morgan, and Dan Ellis. "Chapter 4: Brief History of Automatic Speech Recognition." Speech and Audio Signal Processing: Processing and Perception of Speech and Music. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. N. pag. Print. | leantul |
1971 | 13 additional organizations are connected to ARPANET. This number begins to rapidly expand. | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1971 | The prototype of cloud computing first known as RJE (remote job entry) | https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc105 | rhuang2 |
1971 | The Intel 4004 processor is created with 2,300 transistors. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
1971 | Invention of the first microprocessor. | Debenedictis, Erik P, Sustaining Moore's law with 3D chips, (Computer, 2017), pp.69-73 | maferreira |
1972 | The PLATO IV terminal is released, with a novel orange plasma display capable of displaying a 512x512 bitmap. This terminal also had infrared touch screen support. | http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/touch_screen.html | nadiaz |
1972 | University of Illinois students file a patent for optical touchscreens and it is implemented in the Magnavox Plato IV Terminal. This is the first touchscreen used in a classroom. Thousands of them were built for this machine. | djbenson | |
1972 | First home video game | blammeson
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1972 | Pulsar all electric digital watch released | hsahay | |
1972 | Telnet was published as an RFC | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1972 | Several new companies enter the calculator market, rapidly developing electronic calculating technology and prices become affordable to the public. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1972 | Ray Tomilson develops system for addressing messages to users in diffrent computers - Emergence of "<a href="mailto:to-user@destination">to-user@destination</a>" syntax | w.gomez.r | |
1972 | An early touch screen is developed in the University of Illinois. It allowed users to interact with computers using their hands by using light rays. | Some Milestones in Computer Input Devices: An Informal Timeline, http://www.billbuxton.com/inputTimeline.html (accessed March 21, 2016). |
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1972 | Plato IV Terminal - Plasma technology was used in the Plato IV as an alternative display technology. It allowed for displays to be lightweight and relatively thin, but the technology never really took off in PCs. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 Wikipedia, PDP-1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-1 | jhyuen |
1972 | Email was invented. | Nicholas A. John (2014). File Sharing and the History of Computing: Or, Why File Sharing is Called “File Sharing”, Critical Studies in Media Communication | osanderson |
1972 | Intel introduced the 8008 processor, an industry standard. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
1972 | The HP-35, a pocket electric calculator that contains all the functionality of a slide rule, is released. | Earl Swartzlander, “Calculators” (IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 1995) | pbcoady |
1970s - 1990s | Lithium and lithium ion batteries invented, with the extremely energy-dense material lithium and a maliable model, allowing them to be built specific for devices. Very popular for smaller (portable) electronics. | djlaplante | |
1971 | The first microprocessor was created by Ted Hoff at Intel | eosowski | |
1971 | Intel 4004 - first single chip microprocessor | dstapply | |
1972 AD | The first digital watch is invented, utilizing electricity to display and calculate time. | https://www.pcmag.com/feature/296609/the-digital-watch-a-brief-history Visited: 3/23/2018 | lgrande |
1972 AD | Pong- First hit game by Atari, by Al Alcorn- Coin op. | Ray, Michael. Gaming from Atari to Xbox. (Rosen Educational Services, 2012) Visited: 4/3/2020 | pmara
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1972 | Intel releases the Intel 8008 |
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1973 | Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf develop the TCP protocol. They release a paper on TCP in September. Bob Metcalfe begins development on Ethernet at Xerox PARC. | Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_70s.html (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1973 | FTP was published as an RFC. All other RFCs become available through FTP | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1973 | Israel develops the Mastiff UAV and soon after the IIA Scout, the first UAVs meant for data collection | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser
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1973 | The Xerox Alto features a CRT with a 606x808 pixel display, which was used to show one of the first GUIs. | nadiaz
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1973 | First commercial axial computer tomography development | http://www.infinityugent.be/research-development/a-history-of-medical-imaging | lnguyen3
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1973 | National Semiconductor releases the IMP-16, 16-bit microprocessor |
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1973 | Freddy Robot built by The Assembly Robotics Group at University of Edinburgh, which is capable of using visual perception to autonomously assemble wooden block models. | http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/freddy/ | allewis |
1973 | NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) established by Department of Defense to create GPS for military and civilians | gmport | |
1973 | James Lighthill writes a report that downplays the success of AI, leading to a decrease in funding across Europe. | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4475849/ | mjgiancola |
1974 | Work on Ethernet is completed at Xerox PARC. ARPANET begins to implement TCP. | Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_70s.html (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1974 | The Silver Arm, which performed small-parts assembly using feedback from touch and pressure centers is created. | ||
1974 | The term Data Science is used for the first time by Peter Naur. | Longbing Cao, Data science: A comprehensive overview, Article 43 (ACM Computing Surveys, June 2017), 42 pages https://dl-acm-org.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/doi/pdf/10.1145/3076253 | armorrison |
1974 | Transfer Control Protocl (TCP) specifications are published by two DARPA engineers to make packet transfer simpler. | Mowery, David C., and Timothy Simcoe, Is the internet a US invention?-an economic and technological history of computer networking, http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/science/article/pii/S0048733302000690 (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1974 | Congress passed a law to make the national maximum speed limit 55 miles per hour. | http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/transportation-review-speed-limits.aspx (Accessed March 23, 2018) | anpennie |
1974 | The first ad for a microprocessor based computer. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
January 1975 | The Altair 8800 was released and became the first commercially successful personal computer. | H. Garland, "Design Innovations in Personal Computers" in Computer, (IEEE, 1977), Pages 24-27. | pjjankowski |
1975 | Electric calculator manufacturers take over the calculator market through the use of mass production. Mechanical calculator sales decline rapidly. | http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/computing-timeline.pl Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1975 | One of the first attempts at creating a Quantum Information Theory | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0034487776900057 | hfloreshuerta |
1975 | Arithmetic Coding developed | bjsharron | |
1975 | A patent is granted to George Samuel Hurst for developing the first resistive touchscreen. He is widely seen as the inventor of the touchscreen. | djbenson | |
1975 | Calculator Wristwatch | http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879586,00.html | akshoop |
1975 | The BitPad that is more similar to modern graphics and drawing tablet is introduced by Summagraphics Corporation. | wtao | |
1975 | Bill Gates argues that software is intellectual property. | mtmccarthy | |
1975 | Church Committee investigates NSA intrusion on US citizens. Leads to talk of restrictions on NSA surveillance | D. Owen, "A review of intelligence oversight failure: NSA programs that affected Americans," Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 2012. | mttaylor |
1975 | Steven Sasson of Kodak develops the first working digital camera with a resolution of 0.01mp. | https://petapixel.com/2010/08/05/the-worlds-first-digital-camera-by-kodak-and-steve-sasson/ | bmheavey |
1975 | X10 protocol, using a power line as a communication channel, takes Home Automation industry to next level | https://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/book/home-networking-and-security/9781848213210/chapter-1-introduction/sec_1_2_html#X2ludGVybmFsX0h0bWxWaWV3P3htbGlkPTk3ODE4NDgyMTMyMTAlMkZzZWNfMV8yX2h0bWwmcXVlcnk9 | dberardi |
1975 | Myron Krueger develops "Videoplace", allowing users to manipulate virtual objects in real time. | Interaction Design Foundation, https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/augmented-reality-the-past-the-present-and-the-future | mchava |
1976 | CP/M is created, and becomes a model for DOS variations for approx. 2 decades. | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2531905/operating-systems/timeline--40-years-of-os-milestones.html | rdomanico |
1976 | Computer Music Melodian by Harry Mendell is first commercially available digital sampler. | obspring
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1976 | Apple I and SOL-20 – Composite Video Out - Steve Wozniak (Apple I) and Lee Felsenstein (SOL-20) wanted to hook up their respective computers to inexpensive TV monitors to build cheap terminals. As a result, they created computers with factory video outputs. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1976 | The Montreal-based TAUM project successfully implements the Météo French-English translation system, which could effectively translate weather reports between the two languages. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1977 | NSA states that public cryptographic research could be a violation of multiple arms security acts. | Bauer, C. P. (2013). Government Control of Cryptologic Research. In Secret history: The story of cryptology (pp. 414-416). New York, NY: CRC Press. | etarthur |
1977 | The Apple II releases, offering buyers the option to purchase a Sup'r'mod alongside it to use their television as a monitor. | http://apple2history.org/history/ah03/ | nadiaz |
1977 | Atari VCS released with MOS 6507 microprocessor. | computerhistory.org/timeline/graphics-games | sdnorton |
1977 | Deep space explorers Voyagers 1 and 2 launch from the Kennedy Space Center | esowowski | |
1977 | Sony Walkman: Cassette recorders - The famous walkman developed by Sony sold millions of copies. Become of a huge reduced price, teenagers are open to the world of cassette recorders. This makes cassette recorders very poplular quickly. | bangyan | |
1977 | International Computer Chess Association founded | cpnota | |
1977 | 'Synclavier' is invented and designed to construct every sequence of numbers, every sound, all by itself. It digitally synthesizes sounds from nothing but numbers. | rpdabrowski | |
1977 | BSD is created, and Radio Shack releases its line of affordable home computers. | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2531905/operating-systems/timeline--40-years-of-os-milestones.html | rdomanico
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1977 | Apple II - Manufacturers made RF modulators for the Apple II so that it could display on any tv over the air. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1977 | CATIA (Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application) is released by Dassault Systems. | https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8 |
1977-8 | LZ77/LZ78 Dictionary Compression Algorithms developed | bjsharron | |
1978 | The first solar-powered and credit card sized calculators are put on the market such as the Teal Photon. | http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/teal_photon.html Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1978 | Marantz builds his "Pianocorder", which records the players notes on a cassette tape so that they may be played back on the same piano. | rpdabrowski | |
1978 | Intel 8086, the first x86 processor using ~30k transistors | ndemarinis | |
1978 | First GPS Block I satellites were built by Rockwell International and launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base | gmport | |
1978 | The Department of Defense launched a 24 satellite GPS system which was finally completed in 1993. | NASA, Global Positioning System History, https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/communications/policy/GPS_History.html (March 23, 2017) | rmwiesenberg |
1978 | RSA algorithm published the first significant public key cryptosystem | Orman, H. (2015). Encrypted Email The History and Technology of Message Privacy (1st ed. 2015.). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21344-6 | zhenhe, etarthur |
1978 | Apple releases Apple-DOS. This was Apple's first OS. It used a command line interface. | aquartulli | |
1978 | Sony engineers create a prototype of the Walkman | http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/from-walkman-to-ipod-what-music-tech-teaches-us-about-innovation/253158/ | wofrick |
1978 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Restricts NSA surveillance capabilities after Church Committee investigation. | D. Owen, "A review of intelligence oversight failure: NSA programs that affected Americans," Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 2012. | mttaylor |
1978 | Electronic Bulletin Boards (BBS) were invented. | Nicholas A. John (2014). File Sharing and the History of Computing: Or, Why File Sharing is Called “File Sharing”, Critical Studies in Media Communication | osanderson |
1979 | Sony releases the Walkman | https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/a-history-of-headphone-design | alate |
1979 | Apple sells 10 percent of its stock to Xerox in exchange for information regarding the Xerox PARC Alto. | Quinn, Michael J. Ethics for the information age. pg. 34-35. Pearson Education Inc., 2015. Print. | ciduarte |
1979 | Apple begins work on Lisa, the first consumer-based computer with a graphical user interface based around the desktop metaphor. However, the device is slow, overpriced and poorly received. | Perkins, R., Keller, D., & Ludolph, F. (1997). Inventing the Lisa user interface. Interactions, 40-53. | tjnickerson |
1979 | Motorola creates the Motorola MC68000, one of the earliest 32-bit microprocessors (though it only used 32-bit registers, all other components were 24-bit or 16-bit), which went on to be used in the Apple Lisa and Macintosh | ajthompson | |
1979 | The Stanford Cart, built by Hans Moravec, navigates the Stanford AI Lab through an assortment of chairs to become the first computer-controlled autonomous vehicle. | http://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/cart.htm |
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1979 | Intel 8088 used in IBM-PC | dstapply | |
1979 | Yamaha releases the Casio VL-1, the first commercial digital synthesizer. | Vail, Mark (2014) The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument. Oxford University Press. | aperucic |
1979 | Fairlight CMI invented by Peter Fogel and Kim Ryrie is the first commercially available polyphonic digital sampler. | obspring | |
1979 | Bjarne Stroustrup begins work on "C with Classes". | 2. Stroustrup FAQ: http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html | |
1979 | The 8008 processor is officially released along with the Motorola 68000 which was a 16/32 bit processor. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
1979 | first announcement of TeX. | Richard Furuta, Review of [Donald E. Knuth, New Directions in Typesetting (1979)] (1983) | kehrlich |
1980 | The Sony Walkman is released | rpdabrowski | |
1980 | Microsoft releases MS-DOS. It creates an interface to access a computer's hardware making computers available to a larger audience. | aquartulli | |
1980 | Backpack Computer | http://wearcam.org/ieeecomputer/r2025.htm ; Steve Mann. 1997. Smart clothing: wearable multimedia computing and personal imaging to restore the technological balance between people and their environments. In Proceedings of the fourth ACM international conference on Multimedia (MULTIMEDIA '96). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 163-174. | akshoop |
1980 | LZW Algorithm developed from LZ78 and became popular in many systems such as modems | bjsharron | |
1980 | Self Organizing Map - Kohonen | mmohapatra | |
1980 | Neocognitron - Fukushima | mmohapatra | |
1980 | Defense Department officially adopts TCP/IP replacing NCP | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1980 | FBI investigates a breach of security at the National CSS. | http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/tech/computer-hacker-essay-414s/ | ajmokotoff |
1980 | Yamaha releases the Yamaha GS-1, the first FM digital synthesizer. | Roads, Curtis (1996). The computer music tutorial. MIT Press. | aperucic
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1980 | Sharp PC-1211 - The Sharp PC utilized liquid crystal displays also known as LCD because of its lightweight, energy-efficient, thin properties. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1980 | The IGES format is created to allow users to transfer their 3D design between different CAD platforms. | https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8
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1981 | Danny Hillis designs The Connection Machine, which utilizes parallel computing to bring new power to AI. | https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/14719/18524280-MIT.pdf?sequence=2 | allewis |
1981 | Toshiba LMD-649 is created by Kenji Murata which was the first pulse-code modulation digital sampler. | http://tokyosky.sub.jp/tokyosky_webmasters_blog/2011/02/f-19823-lmd-649-1982.html | obspring |
1981 | Ian Murphy, known as Cptain Zap, was the first hacker to be tried and convicted as a felon. He broke into AT&T's computers in 1981 and changed the billing rates. | http://hackstory.net/Captain_Zap | ajmokotoff |
1981 | Hacking group "Warelords" is founded. They successfully infilrtrated corporations and institutions such as teh White House, Southwestern Bell, and many corporate providers of voice mail systems. | http://hacker1malaysia.blogspot.com/ | ajmokotoff |
1981 | The Xerox Star (Xerox 8010 Information System) was released as the first commercially produced computer with a GUI. | Smith, David, et al. “Designing the Star User Interface.” Byte Magazine, (UBM Technology Group 1982), Page 242. | pjjankowski |
1981 | MTV airs playing music videos, introducing a recorded version of a live "show" with music. | rpdabrowski | |
1981 | Takeo Kanade builds the direct drive arm, where motors are directly installed into the joints, making it faster and more accurate than previous robotic arms | eosowski | |
1981 | The IBM PC is released, along with the introduction of PC-DOS and MS-DOS. It quickly grew to dominate the personal computer market with its open architecture. | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2531905/operating-systems/timeline--40-years-of-os-milestones.html, Goth, Greg. “IBM PC Retrospective: There Was Enough Right to Make It Work.” in Computer, (IEEE, 2011), Pages 26–33. | rdomanico, pjjankowski |
1981 | Hideo Kodama publishes first instance of 3D printing-like additive manufacturing | https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/history-of-3d-printing/ | wgbahm |
1981 | IBM 5151 MDA and PC - IBM created the IBM PC with a monochrome video display standard (MDA) that was extremely sharp for the times. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1981 | American Weidner launches the first commercially available translation system designed for microcomputers. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1982 | C With Classes renamed C84. | Stroustrup FAQ: http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html | |
1982 | Albums start to be released on CD | rpdabrowski | |
1982 | Adobe in founded, eventually revolutionizing multimedia on the web with Flash. Flash became one of the most popular embedded web technologies however, will need to adapt if it is to stay affluent in the market. | acrottier | |
1982 | Seiko TV Watch worn by James Bond | hsahay | |
1982 | Music CD - Introduced in 1982 but did not become a big hit. It took a decade for CD to take the market of cassettes. Soon in 1990s, CD players become the most popular music recorders. | bangyan | |
1982 | The Input Research Group at the University of Toronto develop the first multi touch interface. | djbenson | |
1982 | The IBM Talking Terminal was invented and dictated whatever may be presently displayed on the computer screen which was found to be very useful for individuals unable to read the screen on their own. | " IBM Hursley brings colour and speech to computing." IBM100 - Icons of Progress. IBM, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
1982 | First deployment of wide scale wireless analog networks | tasellielund | |
1982 | The first Ethernet adapter card for the IBM PC released, introducing fast, inexpensive connections that would enable cloud computing. | https://gcn.com/articles/2013/05/30/gcn30-timeline-cloud.aspx | rhuang2 |
1982 | Hopfield Network - John Hopfield | mmohapatra | |
1982 | The Logros Corporation launches a German-English translation system utilizing a direct translation approach. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1982 | The first wearable wireless EKG heart rate monitor produced by Polar Electro. | https://www.outsideonline.com/1998821/heart-rate-monitor | ppatel2 |
1982 | Autodesk released AutoCAD as the first 2D CAD software for Personal Computers (PC) instead of mainframe computers or minicomputers. | https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8
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1983 | MIDI was created. It goes on to become the standard for controlling synthesizers and digital keyboards, and later evolves to include many different capabilities concerning digital music. | http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/30-years-of-midi-a-brief-history-568009 | jdfrench |
1983 | Seiko Data-2000 watch/calculator/calendar tracker | hsahay | |
1983 | Microsoft announces Microsoft Windows to compete with Apple's GUI efforts. | A history of Windows. (n.d.). Retrieved September 4, 2015, from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history. | tjnickerson |
1983 | Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is established, incorporating a standard for hardware (interfaces etc.) and coded commands that make transferring "digital information between various electronic instruments as well as between instruments and computers" very easy. | rpdabrowski | |
1983 | DARPA Miniature GPS Receiver (MGR) program began | gmport | |
1983 | 1983- ARPANET adopts TCP/IP as standard protocols. ARPANET splits into MILNET, a network for defense R&D and operational groups, and ARPANET, which is now a completely research based network. Desktop workstations with built in IP networking software are created and connected to ARPANET. DNS is developed by Jon Postel and Paul Mockapetris of USC and Craig Partridge of BBN. | Barry M. Leiner, et al., A Brief History of the Internet, http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~almeroth/classes/F10.176A/papers/internet-history-09.pdf (9/3/2015) Hobbes, Hobbes' Abridged Internet Timeline, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mitra/honors/timeline.html(9/3/2015) Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_80s.html (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1983 | Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is made a requirement for the NSFNET. | Leiner, Barry M. et al. A brief history of the internet, http://dl.acm.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/ft_gateway.cfm?id=1629613&ftid=608056&coll=DL&dl=ACM&CFID=542592391&CFTOKEN=52418481 (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1983 | HP releases HP-150, first touch screen computer | Ryan, Bob. "The HP-150: Sensitive to a Personal Touch." Business computer systems 3.6 (1984): 166 | ndrewniak |
1983 | The "414s" break into 60 computer systems at institutions including Los Alamaos National Laboratory and Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As a result the U.S. House of Representatives held hearings on computer security and passed several laws. | http://computersprogramm.blogspot.com/p/computer-hack.html | ajmokotoff |
1983 | Charles Walton is credited with developing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology | http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/200209/02-0905E/ | zrrobins |
1983 | Charles Hull invents the first SLA 3D printer | https://3dprintingindustry.com/3d-printing-basics-free-beginners-guide/history/ | ejbosia
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1983 | IBM 5153 CGA - The IBM 5153 had a CGA adapter to plug into a composite-video monitor or its associated display that had a special RGB connection unlike other displays at the time. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1983 | Commodore 1702 - The Commodore allowed for an early S-video connection to produce a high display. During this time, other similar computer monitors were being generated to be hooked up to computer systems. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1983 | Stuart Card, Thomas Moran, and Allen Newell publish “The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction.” | Imaz, Manuel, and David Benyon. Designing with Blends: Conceptual Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering, MIT Press, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/wpi/detail.action?docID=3338668 | ciduarte |
1983 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has the first use of a particle system | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=889049 | ermahoney |
1983 | ACID consistency model used in RDBMSs | Keith D. Foote, A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases Retrieved August 29th 2019 from https://www.dataversity.net/a-brief-history-of-non-relational-databases/ | bjaubuchon |
1984 | C84 renamed as C++ | Stroustrup FAQ: http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html | |
1984 | Bell Labs researcher Bob Boie releases the first multi-touch screen. | djbenson | |
1984 | protocol proposing quantum encryption published | zhenhe | |
1984 | Charles Hull patents the first 3D printer technology after Alain Le Mahaute's patent is abandoned | https://3dprint.com/65466/reflections-alain-le-mehaute/ | wgbahm |
1984 | The X Window System is developed at MIT. | Scheifler, R., & Gettys, J. (1986). The X Window System. TOG ACM Trans. Graph. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 5(2), 79-109. | tjnickerson |
1984 | Apple releases the Macintosh, the first affordable GUI-based personal computer. | Quinn, Michael J. Ethics for the information age. pg. 34-35. Pearson Education Inc., 2015. Print. | tjnickerson, ciduarte |
1984 | Apple releases System 1. System 1 no longer had a command line. It used a GUI and introduced the finder and menu bar. | aquartulli | |
1984 | DNS begins to be implemented within the internet. | Hobbes, Hobbes' Abridged Internet Timeline, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mitra/honors/timeline.html(9/3/2015) Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_80s.html (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1984 | The Domain Name Server (DNS) is introduced to translate computer addresses (74.125.224.72) into human readable and recognazible addresses (www.google.com) | Mowery, David C., and Timothy Simcoe, Is the internet a US invention?-an economic and technological history of computer networking, http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/science/article/pii/S0048733302000690 (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1984 | KoalaPad is produced by Koala Technologies for home computer. It has two extra programmable buttons at the top and also a pressure-sensitive stylus. | wtao | |
1984 | The birthing of 3D printing. The first 3D printing patent was filed for stereolithography (SLA) was filed by Charles W. Hull. | https://patents.google.com/patent/US4575330A/en | japayano, ncmorgan |
1984 | Wacom launched "WT Series", world's first tablet to use a cordless electronic pen. | wtao | |
1984 | Sony releases the Discman D-50, the first portable CD player | http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023681_2023585,00.html | wofrick |
1984 | Makoto Nagao, a Japanese computer scientist, proposes example-based machine translation, which divides sentences into phrases, allowing more streamlined translation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_machine_translation | mjgulbin |
1984 | Alexey Pajitnov releases Tetris | http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023681_2023585,00.html | caroberts |
1984 | Motorola DynaTAC developed the first handheld cell phone and started to sell to the public | Klemens, G. (2010). The cellphone: the history and technology of the gadget that changed the world. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. | yzhou8 |
1984 | Psion released the first PDA | (n.d.). In 1984 Psion released the first PDA Organizer II In 1991 - AFE - 7105. Retrieved March 24, 2017, from https://www.coursehero.com/file/puttjo/In-1984-Psion-released-the-first-PDA-Organizer-II-In-1991-followed-by-Psions/ | yzhou8 |
1984 | The National Association of Home Builders formed a group to advocate for the inclusion of smart technology in newly built houses. | http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/#94RaVgOCkkqc | mjmcdonald |
1984 | The National Association of Home Builders officially coins term "Smart House" | https://www.raconteur.net/technology/the-evolution-of-the-smart-home | dberardi |
1984 | Steel can commercial including a robot with movements from live detection - first motion mapping of articulated figure | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=889049 | ermahoney |
1985 |
NEC Multisync is released, the first monitor offering a range of refresh rates, resolutions, and input formats |
PC Mag, Aug 1987 pg.45 [accessed via Google Books] |
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1985 |
Yoshiro Hatano published research that suggests that everyone should aim for 10,000 steps per day, this promotes the Japanese manpo-kei meaning 10,000 steps meter |
Tudor-Locke, C., Hatano, Y., Pangrazi, R. P., & Kang, M. (2008). Revisiting "how many steps are enough?". Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 40(7), S537. |
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1985 | The Casio fx-7000G is released, the world's first scientific graphing calculator. | http://www.casio-intl.com/asia-mea/en/calc/history/ Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1985 | Apple releases System 2. System 2 was faster than System 1 and introduced a few user friendly commands. | aquartulli | |
1985 | Brothers in Arms by the Dire Straits becomes the first music CD to sell one million copies | http://www.wired.com/2009/09/1001first-cd-players/ | wofrick |
1985 | Microsoft releases Windows 1.0. It's the first Windows OS to have a GUI which meant the OS could be learned easily and intuitively. It also allowed users to switch between programs without closing one in order to open another. The OS included many tools that were useful such as Paint and Notepad. | aquartulli | |
1985 | Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. | bli
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1985 | U.S. Federal Communications Commission released the ISM band. | https://web.archive.org/web/20070928054826/ | hfang |
1985 | Intel 80386 32bit released | dstapply
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1985 | NEC Multisync - Since there were so many different types of display schemes on the market, the Multisync was created to support multiple schemes all in one monitor. Because of Multisync’s versatility, the technology became an industry standard. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1985 | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was first widely adopted. | Nicholas A. John (2014). File Sharing and the History of Computing: Or, Why File Sharing is Called “File Sharing”, Critical Studies in Media Communication | osanderson |
1985 | Boltzmann Machine - Hinton and Sejnowski | mmohapatra | |
1985 | LaTeX | Leslie Lamport, My Writings, https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/pubs.html#latex (Aug 2019) | kehrlich
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1985 | AmsTex finished | AMS, amstex – American Mathematical Society plain TEX macros. https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/amstex?lang=en (Aug 2019) | kehrlich |
1986 | Apple releases System 3. It uses a hierarchical file system. | aquartulli | |
1986 | Honda begins a robot research program that starts with the premise that a robot "should coexist and cooperate with human beings, by doing what a person cannot do and by cultivating a new dimension in mobility to ultimately benefit society. | eosowski | |
1986 | First graphical point of sale system was done on the Atari 520ST with a color touch screen. | djbenson
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1986 | First shirt that functioned to monitor the heart rate, temperature, and respiration of the user. | http://www.smartshirt.gatech.edu/ | ppatel2 |
1986 | Atari 5C1224 - Utilized monochrome and RBG monitors to enhance the display experience. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1986 | OS/2 is released, and is designed to work with Intel's 80286 and 80386 microprocessors. When IBM and Microsoft's agreement falls apart, OS/2 becomes an IBM product while Windows names its graphical OS Windows NT. | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2531905/operating-systems/timeline--40-years-of-os-milestones.html | rdomanico |
1986 | National Science Foundation funds a 56Kbps cross-country network backbones | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1986 | After more break-ins to government and corporate computers, Congress passes the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a crime to hack into a computer system. | https://faculty.ist.psu.edu/bagby/43205S/T6/portalprojectfinishedversion.htm | ajmokotoff |
1986 | DARPA funded databases to be created to help store words, and sentences to be used to help assist in analyzing the performance of new technologies in speech recognition. | Gold, Bernard, Nelson Morgan, and Dan Ellis. "Chapter 4: Brief History of Automatic Speech Recognition." Speech and Audio Signal Processing: Processing and Perception of Speech and Music. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. N. pag. Print. | leantul |
1986 | US and Israel work together to create the RQ2 Pioneer based on the Mastiff and IIA Scout. Soon afterwards, Abraham Kareium, a Israel Engineering living in the United States, creates the NAT 750, the predecessor to the Predator. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1986 | QVC, a channel dedicated to showing advertisements, is created. | 4. Unknown, History of QVC Inc. – FundingUniverse, www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/qvc-inc-history/, 8/31/2018 | jbbieber |
1986 | Young Sherlock Holmes is the first instance of CGI used for live action. Howard the Duck is the first movie to use digital wire removal. | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=889049 | ermahoney |
1986 | Multiplayer Perceptron Rumelhart, Hinton, and Williams introduce | mmohapatra | |
1986 | Restricted Boltzmann Smolensky | mmohapatra | |
1986 | RNNs Jordan | mmohapatra | |
1987 | Eastgate Systems publishes the first hypertext fiction work, “Afternoon” by Michael Joyce, on a floppy disk. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/03/ebooks.technology | jaturcotte |
1987 | The Sphinx-I released as one of the early commercial speech recognition systems, allowing users to give voice commands to computers. | A historical perspective of speech recognition. Communications of the ACM, 57(1), 94-103. |
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1987 | E-mu SP-1200 percussion sampler by E-mu Systems, Inc is the first prominently used sampler in hip-hop and other popular music. Some notable users are Beastie Boys, Daft Punk, DJ Qbert, Dr. Dre, Ice-T, J Dilla, The Prodigy, MF DOOM, Q-Tip, and RZA. | obspring | |
1987 | Digital Hearing Aids | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111501/ | akshoop |
1987 | The HP-28C is released, the first calculator able to solve symbolic computations. | http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp28c.htm Visited: 9/3/2015 | dssilva |
1987 | First Megapixel Sensor - Kodak develops the first sensor to record digital images, signifying the digital transformation away from film. From this point, the digital camera makes gradual improvements in sensor size and memory capacity to become what a modern camera would be considered today. | tjstone | |
1987 | Apple releases System 4. System 4 fixed bugs that System 3 had. | aquartulli | |
1987 | ATI EGA 800 is released with 16-color 800x600 support. | techspot.com/article/650-history-of-the-gpu/ | sdnorton |
1987 | Microsoft releases Windows 2.0. Windows 2.0 was the first OS to use desktop icons and allowed windows to overlap. | aquartulli
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1987 | IBM 8513 VGA - IBM created the VGA video standard with its release of the PS/2 computer line. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen
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1987 | Macintosh II - The Mac II supported both color video and external monitors whose video standard resembled VGA. Apple-made monitors were known for their sharpness and color representation. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1987 | Parametric Technology Corp (PTC) released Pro/Engineer as the first CAD software entirely based on solid models, history-based features and geometric constraints. It is also written in UNIX’s X-Windows to provide fast performance and friendly user interfaces. | https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8
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1988 | DARPA's GPS Guidance Package (GGP) program began to prevent jamming the satellites | gmport | |
1988 | Electrified Saber used at Olympic fencing tournament | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-long-history-behind-fencers-hitdetecting-electrified-gear | ggsmith |
1988 | MPC60 produced by Akai is one of the most influential early samplers created for modern day music. | obspring
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1988 | SLS 3D printing patented by Carl Deckard and FDM printing patented by Scott Crump | https://www.sculpteo.com/blog/2016/12/14/the-history-of-3d-printing-3d-printing-technologies-from-the-80s-to-today/ | wgbahm |
1988 | Apple releases System 6. System 6 allowed the user to launch multiple applications and change between them. | aquartulli
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1988 | California's EPA Air Quality Board mandates On-board diagnostics in cars (OBD I | On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) Regulations and requirements: Questions and Answers (EPA and National Service Center for Environmental Publications, December 2003) | edavis |
1988 | Lift off strategy is introduced to increase accuracy and precision by the Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland. | djbenson | |
1988 | First National Bank of Chicago is the victim of a $70-million computer theft | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-05-19/news/8803180387_1_chase-manhattan-bank-wire-transfers-sources | ajmokotoff |
1988 | Willow is the first movie to use morphing. | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=889049 | ermahoney |
1988 | The METAL system for German-English translation, developed by the University of Texas and the Germany-based Siemens company, is released commercially. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1988 | Boeing announced that CATIA would be used to design and draft the new 777 aircraft. | https://www.scan2cad.com/cad/cad-evolved-since-1982/ | kwang8
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1989 | First successful handheld game system | blammeson | |
1989 | Private Eye: The first head-mounted display | https://www.microfocus.com/en-us/solutions/mainframe-market-space/ | pmahurkar
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1989 | A walking robot named Genghis is unveiled by the Mobile Robots Group at MIT | eosowski | |
1989 | CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee comes up with the concept for the World Wide Web in order to create a standardized way for computers to communicate across networks. | Tim Berners-Lee, Information Management: A Proposal, http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html (9/3/2015) Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_80s.html (9/3/2015) Pew Research Center, World Wide Web Timeline, http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/world-wide-web-timeline/ (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1989 | MP3 first patented | bjsharron | |
1989 | Robert Morris created the first computer worm. The virus was extremely effective and quickly took down most of the internet. This stack is considered the first DoS (denial of service) attack. Laid the groundwork for the cyber security industry. Led to the establishment of CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Teams). | http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/the-history-of-cybersecurity/ | ajmokotoff |
1989 | NeXT launches NeXTSTEP, a graphical operating system that is eventually incorporated into Apple's Cocoa framework, and thus present-day OS X. | Linzmayer, O. (1999). Apple confidential the real story of Apple Computer, Inc. San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch Press. | tjnickerson |
1989 | Peter Deutsch and Alan Emtage create an archiver for FTP sites | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1989 | First proposal for the World Wide Web created and circulated at CERN | http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/History.html | pmcraft |
1989 | operational Block II satellites launched by United States | gmport | |
1989 | First workshop on Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) which had themes like data mining and data-driven discovery | Longbing Cao, Data science: A comprehensive overview, Article 43 (ACM Computing Surveys, June 2017), 42 pages https://dl-acm-org.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/doi/pdf/10.1145/3076253 | armorrison |
1989 | A patent for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM Printing) was filed under S. Scott Crump, at which point Stratysis, one of the first 3D printing companies, was founded. | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5121329A/en | ncmorgan |
1989 | A croup around Yann LeCunn successfully applies a back-propagation algorithm to a multilayer neural network, recognising handwritten ZIP codes | mmohapatra | |
1990-Present (2017) | AI begins to receive increased funding (DARPA, NSF, IBM) and notoriety. | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4475849/ & https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/more/faggella20150827?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%2525253A+EthicalTechnology+Ethical+Technology#When:16:15:00Z | mjgiancola |
~1990-Present | Ad Servers allow entire corporations to exist solely on advertisement revenue. | Liz Froment, The Rise of Clickbait (and the Psychology Behind it), www.zembula.com/blog/rise-clickbait-psychology-behind/, 8/31/2018 | jbbieber |
1990 | NeXT develops a prototype for the WWW | http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/History.html | pmcraft |
1990 | Microsoft ships Windows 3.0, the first multiwindowed Windows operating system. | A history of Windows. (n.d.). Retrieved September 4, 2015, from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history. | tjnickerson |
1990 | Microsoft releases Windows 3.0. It's the first Microsoft OS to use virtual memory, giving it a substantial performance increase. It used 16 colors. | Quinn, Michael J. Ethics for the information age. pg. 34-35. Pearson Education Inc., 2015. Print. | aquartulli, ciduarte |
1990 | ARPANET is shut down. Tim Berners-Lee develops the first web server. He also develops the first web browser, WorldWideWeb. The first search tool, ARCHIE, is created by Alan Emtage. The first commercial internet provider, The World, offers dial-up Internet access to the general public. | Hobbes, Hobbes' Abridged Internet Timeline, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mitra/honors/timeline.html(9/3/2015) Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_80s.html (9/3/2015) Pew Research Center, World Wide Web Timeline, http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/world-wide-web-timeline/ (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1990 | Archie was the first search engine created. Alan Emtage created Archie and it originally only had a specific filename database that could be searched. | History of Search Engines: From 1945 to Google Today. Search Engine History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. | hanguyen |
1990 | ZIP file format created | bjsharron | |
1990 | The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is passed in the United Kingdom, criminalizing any unauthorized access to computer systems | http://searchsecurity.techtarget.co.uk/definition/Computer-Misuse-Act-1990 | ajmokotoff |
1990 | Dragon Systems creation, Dragon Dictate, was the first large-vocabulary speech-to-text system for general-purpose dictation". | Thompson, Terry. "Tech Tips: Are You Talking To Your Computer Again?"DO-IT. University of Washington, n.d. Web. 4 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
1990 | Early books published on VR impact | blammeson | |
1990 | Military contractor General Atomic purchases the design of the NAT 750 | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1990 | The Logitech Fotoman, the first consumer digital camera is released in the US | http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2013/10/30-most-important-digital-cameras#page-4 | bmheavey
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1990 | Altima NSX - Previously LCD screens were low-contrast monochrome and had slow refresh rates, but by the 1980s and 1990s, LCD technology gained better contrast, color abilities, and with backlights. Altima incorporated the new technology in the Altima NSX. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 | jhyuen |
1990 | LeNet LeCun | mmohapatra | |
1990 | Thomas P. Caudell of Boeing contrives the term "Augmented Reality". | Interaction Design Foundation, https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/augmented-reality-the-past-the-present-and-the-future | mchava |
1990 | Second edition of Joy of TeX published | M. D. SPIVAK, Ph.D. (Psudoname), The Joy of tex. | kehrlich |
1991 | The first commercial flash-based SSD was shipped by SunDisk. | https://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/solid-state-drive-module-demonstrated/ | nchkhaidze |
1991 | Matthew Turk and Alex Pentland publish a paper detailing a "a working, near-real-time face recognition system which tracks a subject's head and then recognizes the person" | https://sites.cs.ucsb.edu/~mturk/Papers/mturk-CVPR91.pdf | sgubrud |
1991 | WaveLan was invented, which was considered to be the precursor to 802.11ac | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi#cite_note-3 | hfang |
1991 | Sun Systems releases a prototype Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) with inertial scrolling. | djbenson | |
1991 | Apple releases System 7. This OS introduced shortcuts, network sharing capabilities, and numerous user friendly features. It also used virtual memory which sped up performance. | aquartulli | |
1991 | First quantum encryption system developed | zhenhe | |
1991 | Time Berners-Lee creates the first website | http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/History.html | pmcraft |
1991 | First user friendly interface for the internet is created at University of Minnesota | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1991 | The first webcam is created and connected to the World Wide Web. NSF lifts all restrictions on commercial use of the internet. | Pew Research Center, World Wide Web Timeline, http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/world-wide-web-timeline/ (9/3/2015) Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_90s.html (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1991 | First interactive whiteboard, SMART Board, is created | Springgay, Jessica. “What Is the History of the SMART Board?” Techwalla, http://www.techwalla.com/articles/what-is-the-history-of-the-smart-board | ndrewniak |
1991 | Linux, an open source OS kernel based on Unix is released. Linux incorporates GNU software and later becomes known as an array of open source operating systems, or Linux distributions. | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2531905/operating-systems/timeline--40-years-of-os-milestones.html | rdomanico |
1991 | Work on Java begins | Oracle, The History of Java Technology, (Oracle, 2019), https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javahistory-index-198355.html (1 Apr 2020) | icleaverstigum |
1991 | Python is released | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/history-of-python/ | armorrison |
1991 | Cold War ends. | Erin Blakemore, What was the Cold War?, (National Geographic, 2019), https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topics/reference/cold-war/ (2 Apr 2020) | icleaverstigum
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1991 | Veronica was a user interface created in a similar vein as Archie but used text files. Jughead followed and was used for the same purpose to search files sent using Gopher index systems. | History of Search Engines: From 1945 to Google Today. Search Engine History.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. | hanguyen |
1991 | Kodak introduces the DCS, a kit for modifying a Single Lens Reflex camera (SLR) into a digital camera (DSLR) | http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2013/10/30-most-important-digital-cameras#page-4 | bmheavey |
1991 | Stuart Haber and Scott Startnetta work on the first Blockchain | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
1991-2 | JPEG created by its namesake, the Joint Photographic Expert Group allowing for adjustable compression of images | bjsharron | |
1992 | MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3) is standardized, making it simpler for all groups to digitally encode and use music. | ||
1992 | The first widely popular internet browser, Mosaic is developed by NCSA in the University of Illinois. | Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_90s.html (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1992 | World Wide Web comes online, eventually hosting music of all kinds among other things. | ||
1992 | First SLA 3D printer created by Charles Hull’s 3D Systems | https://www.sculpteo.com/blog/2016/12/14/the-history-of-3d-printing-3d-printing-technologies-from-the-80s-to-today/ | wgbahm |
1992 | Building Parts layer by layer | japayano | |
1992 | GSM networks begin deployment | tasellielund | |
1992 | First commercial video streaming product, StarWorks, developed | egouveia | |
1992 | Over 10 million cell phone users | http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline | zrrobbins |
1992 | First SMS is sent | emilymiller | |
1992 | The Consortium for Speech Translation Advanced Research (C-STAR) gives a public demonstration of spoken language translation via a telephone translation between English, German, and Japanese. | Hutchins, W. John, “MACHINE TRANSLATION: A BRIEF HISTORY,” Concise history of the language sciences: from the Sumerians to the cognitivists (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1995), p431-445. | kmpicho |
1992 | UNIX workstations redefined CAD and no new CAD software was sold for use on mainframe or minicomputer terminals | N.d. , CAD software history (CADAZZ, 2004), https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8 |
1993 | IBM and BellSouth release the Simon Personal Communicator, the first mobile phone with a touchscreen. | Doug Aamoth, “First Smartphone Turns 20: Fun Fact About Simon” (Time, 8/18/2014), https://time.com/3137005/first-smartphone-ibm-simon/ (Accessed 4/2/2020) | djbenson, bnklaiman |
1993 | Original Pentium core by Intel, using 3.1 million transistors | ndemarinis | |
1993 | Microsoft releases Windows NT. It was the first 32 bit OS, which meant computers could have more scientific and engineering uses. | aquartulli | |
1993 | Mosaic is released to the general public. It is credited with the popularization of the World Wide Web. Mosaic will later become Netscape. CERN makes its World Wide Web technology public domain. | Hobbes, Hobbes' Abridged Internet Timeline, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mitra/honors/timeline.html (9/3/2015) Computer History Museum, Internet History, http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_90s.html (9/3/2015) Pew Research Center, World Wide Web Timeline, http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/world-wide-web-timeline/ (9/3/2015) | JRWatson |
1993 | World Wide Web Wanderer was created by Matthew Gray, initially called Wandex. It allowed people to know how fast the Internet was growing. | The History of Search Engines An Infographic. History of Search Engines. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. | hanguyen |
1993 | EPA requires cars to have On-board diagnostics. | On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) Regulations and requirements: Questions and Answers (EPA and National Service Center for Environmental Publications, December 2003) | edavis |
1993 | ALIWEB was created by Martijn Koster. It allowed users to provide descriptions of their pages which could then be searched in the index. | The History of Search Engines An Infographic. History of Search Engines. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. | hanguyen
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1993 | Apple Newton - The stylus touch screen device with handwriting recognition was considered innovative at its debut. While the device did not sell favorably, the technology was a precursor to modern day touch screens. | Benji Edwards, A Brief History of Computer Displays, https://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/displays/historic-monitors-slideshow.html#slide1 Interactive Displays: Natural Human‐Interface Technologies. (n.d.). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9781118706237` Wikipedia, Apple Newton, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton | jhyuen
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1989 | The Melissa and ILOVEYOU viruses were created and infected over ten million PCs and destroyed much of the existing email systems. This viruses led to the creation of antivirus technology and business to take a proactive approach. This also led to a culture of computer users being more hesitant to opening files from unknown sources. This began to frighten companies and their computer systems. | http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/the-history-of-cybersecurity/ | ajmokotoff |
1993 | Mosaic, the first web browser, is created by NCSA | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1993 | NCSA releases Common Gateway Interface (CGI) | https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-robinson-www-interface-00 | sbaumgarten |
1993 | Severe Tire Damage is the first band to be streamed live over the Internet | http://www.savetz.com/mbone/ch6_4.html | egouveia |
1993 | Sega Develops a VR headset for use with the Sega Genesis system, but it never left the prototyping phase with only four games being developed for it. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1993 | objects all in one), and Compression (compressing audios and visuals) | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=871557 | ermahoney |
1993 | The start of the Intel Pentium series, the first of which offered 60 MHz speeds. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
1993 | Mortal Kombat and Doom release in the USA. Coincidentally...the ESRB, the game rating system in the US is also created. | https://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline Accessed: 4/3/2020 | pmara |
1994 | Michael Dertouzos persuades Tim Berners-Lee and others to create the World Wide Web Consortium | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1994 | Dante II, an 8-legged walking robot descends into the crater of Mt Spurr in Alaska to collect data from the harsh volcanic environment | eosowski | |
1994 | Lycos was the first spider technology used to access pages and their hyperlinks to determine relationships and information contained on the page. |
Agarwal, M., & Round, D. K. (2011). The emergence of global search engines: Trends in history and competition. Competition Policy International, 7(1), 114-134. |
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1994 | Warcraft, one of the first Real-time strategy games, was introduced with not so impressive AI | txvu | |
1994 | WebCrawler searched through the entire texts of pages. | Seymour, T., Frantsvog, D., & Kumar, S. (2011). History of search engines. International Journal of Management and Information Systems, 15(4), 47. | hanguyen |
1994 | Marc Thorpe starts Robot Wars in San Francisco, California | eosowski | |
1994 | QR code( Quick Response Code) is first designed for the automotive industry in Japan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code | dchen |
1994 | First version of PHP (PHP/FI) released | http://php.net/manual/en/history.php.php | sbaumgarten |
1994 | Wireless Webcam Wearable | Steve Mann. 1997. Smart clothing: wearable multimedia computing and personal imaging to restore the technological balance between people and their environments. In Proceedings of the fourth ACM international conference on Multimedia (MULTIMEDIA '96). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 163-174. | akshoop |
1994 | WWW becomes available to everyone for free | emilymiller | |
1994 | AI wins at checkers | http://wpi.aci.info/view/14650deba575c0c0128/152861cf9a90012000a | awheeler2 |
1994 | Cookies Invented | eapolekoff | |
1994 | The first Internet stock trade is completed by K. Aufhauser & Company, Inc., launching a new era of online stock trading. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/crash/2/ | tleung |
1994 | The Pentagon contracts General Atomic to create an updated version of the NAT 750 that would be lighter, faster, cheaper, and more versatile. Six months later the Predator drone was created. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
1994 | Bluetooth invented by Ericcson | http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/wireless/bluetooth/bluetooth_overview.php | zrrobbins |
1994 | Peter Shor discovers how to factor large prime numbers quickly using a quantum computer | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9508027v2 | hfloreshuerta |
1994 | Palm release “Graffiti” handwriting recognition software. | Zimmerman, M. R., & Moeller, M. (1994, September 12). Handwriting program claims to be 100 percent accurate. PC Week, 11(36), 8. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A16237516/ITOF?u=mlin_c_worpoly&sid=ITOF&xid=5b4865eb | jbbrown |
1994 | VRML Standardized, featuring Scene Graph (Space of 3D world) and Interaction (Navigation and toggle view, with sensors to trigger actions or animations). | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=871557 | ermahoney |
1994 | Elliot Pellman is made chairman of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. Renowned for making athletes perform regardless of concussion. “Love of the sport” shows deeper roots and power of football in society | mhsultan | |
1994 | STEP is created as the new format for transferring 3D design across platforms. It becomes the international standard and is still most used today. | Alexis Barnhorn, Laura Caudill, 60 years of CAD Infographic: The History CAD since 1957 (CADENAS, 2018), https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8 |
1994 | Autodesk released AutoCAD R13 which is 3D compatible. | Alexis Barnhorn, Laura Caudill, 60 years of CAD Infographic: The History CAD since 1957 (CADENAS, 2018), https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8 |
1995 | Amazon.com, the first online bookstore, opens. | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29801/29801-pdf.pdf | jaturcotte |
1995 | The Predator drone streams live video to the Pentagon which is the first time the military ever used live reconnaissance video. | Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution by Richard Whittle | hdunphy |
1995 | Mobile Phones Become More Mainstream (still approx. 8"x3"x1.5") | clhudson | |
1995 | Term "User Experience Design" is coined by Don Norman | eapolekoff | |
1995 | Sony PlayStation released | computerhistory.org/timeline/graphics-games | sdnorton |
1995 | Seiko Message Watch with caller ID, sports scores, and stock prices relseased | hsahay | |
1995 | Internet opens fully for commercial use as AOL, Prodigy, and CompuServe come online | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1995 | Microsoft releases Windows 95, the first Windows operating system to feature the start menu, task bar, and window buttons (close, minimize, maximize). | A history of Windows. (n.d.). Retrieved September 4, 2015, from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history. | tjnickerson |
1995 | Java published | Oracle, The History of Java Technology, (Oracle, 2019), https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javahistory-index-198355.html (1 Apr 2020) | icleaverstigum |
1995 | Full Operational Capacity (FOC) of 24 operational satellites met | gmport | |
1995 | Yahoo! is founded | dtocco | |
1995 | Early robot car created by Ernst Dickmanns drives more than 1000 miles through traffic from Munich to Copenhagen and back. | https://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/080997othello.html | allewis |
1995 | Chinook checkers program defeats World Champion Don Lafferty in 32--game match to claim man-machine checkers title | cpnota | |
1995 | Microsoft releases Windows 95. Windows 95 was the first OS to feature a start menu, taskbar, and minimize, maximize, and close buttons on each window. It had Plug and Play capabilities and built in internet support. | aquartulli | |
1995 | The NSF stops providing the backbone support of the Internet and the Commercial Internet Service Providers take over the task. |
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1995 | First live event streamed over the Internet, a Yankees vs. Mariners baseball game | http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/realnetworks-inc-history/ | egouveia |
1995 | Intel Pentium Pro | dstapply | |
1995 | Excite was created by Stanford undergraduates who wanted to make a more efficient search algorithm by relationships between words, such as synonyms to produce more accurate results. | Agarwal, M., & Round, D. K. (2011). The emergence of global search engines: Trends in history and competition. Competition Policy International, 7(1), 114-134. | hanguyen |
1995 | Nintendo releases the Virtual Boy, designed to be the first portable VR device, but it ended up failing due to its primitive graphics and small game library. | https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html | bmwaid |
1995 | Disney releases Toy Story, which is the first computer-animated film. Batman Forever has the first virtual stunt double. | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=889049 | ermahoney |
1995 | Diamante Sedan, First Commercial Level 1 Autonomy Car (Driver Assistance) | www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/features/adas-3.html.7 | cctulig |
1995 | SolidWorks released SolidWorks 95 as an “80% of Pro/Engineering’s functionality at 20% of the price” | N.d. , CAD software history (CADAZZ, 2004), https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8
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Programming language R is released | Chi Nok, Data Science 101: Is Python better than R? (August 2018) https://towardsdatascience.com/data-science-101-is-python-better-than-r-b8f258f57b0f | armorrison | |
1996 | A RoboTuna is designed and build by David Barrettto study the way fish swim | eosowski | |
1996 | The GGP was successfully flight tested at the Patuxent Naval Air Station | gmport | |
1996 | Researchers develop software for the LIGIER electric vehicle that allows it to autonomously parallel park. | Autonomous Parallel Parking of a Nonholonomic Vehicle. 1996. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=566343. Access Date: 21 Mar 2016 | aaadkins |
1996 | Real-time stock tickers are used on cable television channels CNBC and CNN-FN. Market data, which had previously been delayed 20 minutes, is now reported in real time. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/crash/2/ | tleung |
1996 | PNG developed | bjsharron | |
1996 | Creatures the video game is released. | caroberts | |
1996 | Hackers alter Web sites of the United States Department of Justice (August), and the CIA (October), and then the U.S. Air Force (December). | http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/31/us/air-force-computer-invaded-as-hackers-forge-web-page.html | ajmokotoff |
1996 | 3dfx releases Voodoo Graphics chip and subsequently gains 80-85% market traction. | http://www.techspot.com/article/650-history-of-the-gpu/ | sdnorton |
1996 | German-Hungarian software company Audio Simulation releases AudioSim, one of the first virtual analog software synthesizers. | http://www.audio-simulation.com/?page=about Visited 08/30/2017 | aperucic |
1996 | The world’s first DVD player was the Toshiba SD-3000, launched in November 1996. | https://didyouknow.org/dvdhistory/ | mazyla |
1996 | The Navy launched its Ethernet project entitled IT-2. | https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-online-storage/ | rhuang2 |
1996 | The idea was conceived of using an ultra-fast laser to store produce points on glass to store data. | Kazansky, Peter G, Eternal 5D optical data storage in glass (University of Southampton, 7/8/2016), https://www-spiedigitallibrary-org.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9959/2240594/Eternal-5D-optical-data-storage-in-glassConference-Presentation/10.1117/12.2240594.full?SSO=1, (4/2/2020) | maferreira |
1996 | The TI-92 is the first graphing calculator with all the functions of a computer algebra system | dstusalitus | |
1996 | Nokia releases the Nokia 9000 Communicator, with a clamshell design containing a QWERTY keyboard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#PDA/phone_hybrids | bnklaiman |
1997 | Sony releases the first ever ‘neckband’ | https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/a-history-of-headphone-design | alate |
1997 | Apple releases Mac OS 8. OS 8 featured numerous improvements in speed and introduced pop up menus. It also had HTML help pages for the user. | aquartulli | |
1997 | IBM's Deep Blue defeats Chess World Champion Garry Kasparov in 6-game match | Aviv Gaon, The Singularity is Near, http://wpi.aci.info/view/15af7f26c8c00100002/15b4709e35500015c3ad447 | cpnota, rjsthilaire |
1997 | The Pathfinder mission lands on Mars, where the robot Sojourner broadcasts data for 3 months | eosowski | |
1997 | Engineer Phillipe Kahn uses a digital camera connected to his phone to share photos of his newborn daughter, essentially creating the camera phone | http://100photos.time.com/photos/philippe-kahn-first-cell-phone-picture | bmheavey |
1997 | Professional Go player Janice Kim overcomes whopping 25-stone handicap to defeat Handtalk, top Go program of the era | cpnota | |
1997 | First Social Networking Sites Begin to Spring Up | eapolekoff | |
1997 | Macromedia Flash Player 2 released | egouveia | |
1997 | There were 1 million domain registrants on the Internet | dtocco | |
1997 | IEEE released the first version of 802.11 protocol, two net bit rates of 1 or 2 megabits per second. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi#cite_note-3 | hfang |
1997 | Image-Line partially releases FruityLoops (1.0.0). It would go on to become one of the most popular Digital Audio Workstations. | https://www.image-line.com/flstudio/history.php?entry_id=1286984399 Visited 08/31/2017 | aperucic |
1997 | David Wolf becomes the first American to vote from space, under a special Texas law | https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91791895 | stgoldman |
1997 | SYSTRAN creates AltaVista Babelfish, the world's first web translation tool | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_machine_translation | mjgulbin |
1997 | First use of Convolution neural network in Face recognition | Lawrence, S., Giles, C. L., Tsoi, A. C., & Back, A. D. (1997). Face recognition: A convolutional neural-network approach. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 8(1), 98-113. 10.1109/72.554195 | aditthapron |
1997 | The term "cloud computing" is coined by University of Texas professor Ramnath Chellappa in a talk on a "new computing paradigm." | https://gcn.com/articles/2013/05/30/gcn30-timeline-cloud.aspx | rhuang2 |
1997 | LSTMs Hochreiter and Schmidhuber | mmohapatra | |
1997 | Bidirectional RNN Schuster and Paliwal | mmohapatra | |
1998 | The Palm Pilot is released, the first touch product to have major consumer success. | djbenson | |
1998 | Google was founded. 300 web pages existed and the number was increasing by over 1.5 million daily | dtocco | |
1998 | One of the first commercial standalone LCD screens, the Eizo L66 is released | http://www.eizoglobal.com/support/db/files/catalogs/lcd/l360-l66.pdf | nadiaz |
1998 | Linux Wristwatch released | hsahay | |
1998 | Microsoft releases Windows 98. Windows 98 was the first Windows OS to be specifically for consumers. It made it easier to find programs, which meant a more user friendly experience. Windows 98 was also the first Windows OS to support reading from USB ports and DVDs. | aquartulli | |
1998 | Windows 98 is released with the Windows Browser bundled into it | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | pmcraft |
1998 | MSN was created. | The History of Search Engines
An Infographic. History of Search Engines. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 March 2016. |
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1998 | Sierra Studios releases Half-Life. | bli | |
1998 | Netflix site was launched. | https://qz.com/887010/netflix-nflx-launched-streaming-video-10-years-ago-and-changed-the-way-we-watch-everything/ | mazyla |
1998 | Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto. | bli | |
1998 | First working 3-qubit Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Quantum computer is built | https://books.google.com/books?id=l217ma2sWkoC | hfloreshuerta |
1998 | SEGA DreamCast released. Being the first console released in the sixth generation, Dreamcast has the best graphics at that time. It is also the first console that has a built-in modem for online features. However, this is the last console developed by SEGA. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast | mli2 |
1998 | Microsoft creates it's Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, featured in Windows 98. It is capable of playing back MIDI, with a polyphony of 32 notes. | https://news.microsoft.com/1996/10/22/microsoft-licenses-sound-canvas-sounds-from-industry-leader-roland-corp/ Visited 08/30/2017 | aperucic |
1998 | First internet-enabled “smart fridges” and other smart appliances begin to be developed | http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/m2m/articles/376816-history-smart-homes.htm | mjmcdonald |
1998 | NoSQL was first used (did not use SQL) | Keith D. Foote, A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases Retrieved August 29th 2019 from https://www.dataversity.net/a-brief-history-of-non-relational-databases/ | bjaubuchon |
1998 | Lego Mindstorm series was created for programming education | https://robotsauthority.com/the-short-history-of-lego-mindstorms/ | sli11 |
1999 | Apple releases Mac OS 9. OS 9 increased security, provided automatic software updates, and supported USB printers and USB audio. | aquartulli | |
1999 | "Internet of Things" coined as a topic by Kevin Ashton | Mattern, F., & Floerkemeier, C. (2010). From the Internet of Computers to the Internet of Things. In From active data management to event-based systems and more (pp. 242-259). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pg. 243 | amartinez |
1999 | Nvidia releases GeForce 256 and coins term "GPU." | techspot.com/article/650-history-of-the-gpu/ | sdnorton |
1999 | Engineered organs bring new advances to medicine | japayano | |
1999 | LEGO releases the Robotics Discovery Set, Droid Developer Kit and Robotics Invention System 1.5 | eosowski | |
1999 | First radar-based adaptive cruise control system introduced by Mercedes | How Does Adaptive Cruise Control Work?. 2015. http://www.proctorcars.com/how-does-adaptive-cruise-control-work/. Access Date: 21 Mar 2016 | aaadkins |
1999 | Wi-Fi Alliance was formed. | http://www.wi-fi.org/who-we-are | hfang |
1999 | 3D printed framework for a bladder is created and then integrated with the patient’s own cells at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine | https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/history-of-3d-printing/ | wgbahm |
1999 | 802.11a and 802.11b was released. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 | hfang |
1999 | Apple introduced Wi-Fi to public | http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-wifi-macworld-1999-video-2014-10 | hfang |
1999 | DoubleClick begins using user info and advertising | eapolekoff | |
1999 | U.S. President Bill Clinton announces a $1.46 billion initiative to improve government computer security. | http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/26/clinton.idg/ | ajmokotoff |
1998-1999 | The worldwide network began forming with Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Japan, Sweden and the UK connecting to the NSFNET. | Mowery, David C., and Timothy Simcoe, Is the internet a US invention?-an economic and technological history of computer networking, http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/science/article/pii/S0048733302000690 (9/2/2015) | svadlamudi |
1999 | The Wi-Fi Alliance is formed, and Wi-Fi is formally coined, representing any wireless local area network (WLAM) following 802.11 standards. | http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline | zrrobbins |
1999 | Nikon introduces the D1, the first true DSLR | http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2013/10/30-most-important-digital-cameras#page-4 | bmheavey |
1999 | Intel Pentium III | dstapply | |
1999 | Ableton AG founded by Gerhard Behles, Robert Henke of Monolake, and Bernd Roggendorf | ||
1999 | Geri's Game Pixar short film noted for animation of faces and clothing. Jar-Jar in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace has the first anthropoid main character of a movie. | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=889049 | ermahoney |
1999 | Napsted was released. | Nicholas A. John (2014). File Sharing and the History of Computing: Or, Why File Sharing is Called “File Sharing”, Critical Studies in Media Communication | osanderson |
1999 | NCAA funds long-term concussion study with North Carolina’s Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and Michael McCrea, director of brain injury research at the Medical College of Wisconsin | mhsultan | |
1999 | NTT DoCoMo launches i-mode, the first mobile-specific browser-based web service | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Japanese_cell_phones | bnklaiman |
1999 | Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, the first commercial camera phone, releases in Japan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Camera_advancements | bnklaiman |
Late 2000 | Flash drives appeared on the market. | https://www.dataversity.net/brief-history-data-storage/ | nchkhaidze |
2000 | Troy Aikman retires from continuous effect from concussions after receiving sever pressure to perform regardless. Concussions back in the news | mhsultan | |
2000 | The first Bluetooth headset | https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us-2/our-history/ | pmahurkar |
2000 | The Levis ICD+ jacket was launched commercially in summer 2000 and this product is widely considered to be the first commercial wearable electronics garment | https://www.vhmdesignfutures.com/project/192/ | pmahurkar |
2000 | President Clinton ordered that GPS Selective Availability (SA) feature be turned off | gmport | |
2000 | Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) developed | zhenhe | |
2000 | TALON, a lightweight, unmanned, tracked military robot designed to protect people from explosives. | http://www.army-technology.com/projects/talon-tracked-military-robot/ Visited: 3/23/2018 | hdunphy |
2000 | Apple IPod Digital recorders - Apple's IPod represents the coming of age of digital recording. The IPod become a fashionable thing to have and thus introduced digital recording such as MP3 to the public. | ||
2000 | Microsoft releases Windows Me. Designed specifically for media, Windows Me introduced tools for media editing and sharing. It also introduced the system restore. | aquartulli | |
2000 | Microsoft releases Windows 2000 Professional. This OS was designed to replace prior versions of Windows OS in work environments. It had improvements in ease of use, reliability, and internet capabilities. It also simplified hardware installation. | ||
2000 | Bluetooth Headset | http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/History-of-Bluetooth.aspx | akshoop |
2000 | Honda debuts its new humanoid robot ASIMO | eosowski | |
2000 | The Predator drone flies over Afghanistan searching for Osama Bin Laden. This Predator drone only had imagery equipment on it and was successful in finding Osama Bin Laden | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-predator-drone-changed-the-character-of-war-3794671/ | addresser |
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2000 | Digital wireless users outnumber analog subscribers | http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline | |
2000 | Baidu was created and became a regularly used search engine in China. | Agarwal, M., & Round, D. K. (2011). The emergence of global search engines: Trends in history and competition. Competition Policy International, 7(1), 114-134. | hanguyen |
2000 | Savage Beast Technologies founded (later called Pandora) | egouveia | |
2000 | GeForce 2 (NV15) Released | Derek Perez, NVIDIA Dominates PC Magazine’s High-Performance Graphics Tests, https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_20010618_6038.html, 3.18.19 | aecuriel |
2000 | Sony PlayStation 2 was released. The PlayStation 2 is the successor of the first console in PlayStation series and it is the best-selling console of all times with more than 155 million units sold. The PlayStation 2 games are based on DVD, which allows bigger game size. The built-in DVD player also allows it to play movies. It is also the first console that is backwards compatible. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 | mli2 |
2000 | First commercial camera phone, Sharp J-SH04 is released in Japan, with a resolution of 0.11mp | https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/camera-phone-history/ | bmheavey |
2000 | The 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary is the first binding, statewide election held online | https://web.archive.org/web/20010625171356/http://www.thestandard.com/article/0%2C1902%2C12859%2C00.html | stgoldman |
2000 | Online voting was used by Alaskan Republicans during the primary. Before this, e-voting was mostly used for conducting business elections | Horng-Twu Liaw, “A secure electronic voting protocol for general elections,” (ScienceDirect, March 2004), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2004.01.007, (April 1, 2020) | mfrossetti |
2000 | AMD released the Duron which broke 1 Ghz bus speeds. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
2000 | GTBot botnet attacks, abusing resource allocation in TCP | Bijalwan, Anchit & Solanki, Vijender & Shubhakar Pilli, Emmanuel. (2018). BOTNET FORENSIC: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND GOOD PRACTICES | twhite |
2000 | Around the time when features on silicon chips started to become smaller than 90 nm. | Waldrop, M. Mitchel, The chips are down for Moore’s law, (Nature, 2/9/2016), pp.144–147 | maferreira
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2000-2008 | Pentium IV 64 bit processor |
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2000 AD | Mobile phones and more convenient methods of taking photographs | Masoner, Liz, "A Brief History of Photography and the Camera." (The Spruce Crafts. September 5, 2018) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 | kcariglia |
2000 | Alibre released Alibre Design as the first CAD software capable of client – server 3D modeling over the internet. | N.d. , CAD software history (CADAZZ, 2004), https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8 |
2000 | Ford released Mondeo which has been designed entirely over the internet using its C3P (CAD, CAE, CAM, PDM) platform in about 1/3rd of the time traditionally required. | N.d. , CAD software history (CADAZZ, 2004), https://www.cadazz.com/cad-software-history.htm | kwang8
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2001 | Apple releases their first ever headphones , with the first ever IPod | https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/a-history-of-headphone-design | alate |
2001 | After the events of September 11th, CIA creates the Targeted Killing Campaign, allowing them to kill anyone who they believe was involved in the attacks. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
2001 | Apple launches OS X. | tjnickerson | |
2001 | The iPod is released, with the potential to hold and play hundreds or thousands of songs. | rpdabrowski | |
2001 | The FDA approves the robotic Cyberknife system to search for and treat tumors anywhere in the body.[eosowski] 2001 Wikipedia is launched | dtocco | |
2001 | Palm Inc. releases the first cell phone with a web browser on it. | mburns23 | |
2001 | In one of its first known large scale uses, facial recognition is deployed on the corwd at the superbowl. The undisclosed use is met with heavy back lash. | https://nypost.com/2001/06/26/just-a-face-in-the-crowd-superbowl-kicked-off-the-use-of-face-recognition-software-but-is-this-an-invasion-of-privacy/ | sgubrud |
2001 | Nissan Cima model introduced in Japan with lane keep assist feature | Driverless Cars: How Long Until We Can Sit Back and Relax?. 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11273463/Driverless-cars-how-long-until-we-can-sit-back-and-relax.html |
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2001 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Cheetah. Cheetah reintroduced the terminal and introduced the dock. However, Cheetah suffered from reliability and speed issues and it was missing basic CD capabilities. | aquartulli | |
2001 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Puma. Puma featured improvements in speed. It also addressed the missing CD capabilities that Cheetah had and supported much more hardware. | aquartulli | |
2001 | Microsoft releases Windows XP. Windows XP was designed with a clean interface in mind. It was made for the average user, so it was very intuitive and featured more help and support than any other Windows OS. It also featured large improvements in security, reliability, and speed. | aquartulli | |
2001 | IBM creates the POWER4 processor, the first multicore processor. |
http://www.cpushack.com/2011/01/24/ibms-server-processors-the-rs64-and-the-power, |
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2001 | Nintendo GameCube released. Nintendo GameCube is the successor of Nintendo 64. It is the first Nintendo console that uses disk as game media. However, it can’t play DVD or CDs. Nintendo GameCube introduced stereoscopic 3D technology. But because this feature is far ahead of time, there was no TV supporting it and only very few games have this feature enabled. | mli2
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2001 | US patriot act is passed, in which it is easier to track citizens online | https://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm | brobinson |
2001 | NVDIA GeForce3 Released | TechPowerUp, NVDIA GeForce3, https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce3.c738, 3.18.19 | aecuriel |
2001 | Microsoft Xbox released. Xbox is the first in the Xbox series developed by Microsoft. It has more powerful graphics than its components but also bigger in size and weight. It is the first console that has a built in hard disk to store games. Xbox also provides a better online experience with Xbox Live Service than PlayStation2 and GameCube. | mli2 | |
2001 | Ableton Live's first release commercially | ||
2001 AD | Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is launched, providing free information that is collaboratively sourced | prlee | |
2002 | The US government bought 72 ARTS, an all purpose remote transport that is used to investigate areas with possible large explosives. | https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/arts.htm Visited: 3/23/2018 | hdunphy
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2002 | "Foldable Portable Cellular Phone" - Mobile Phone with Camera introduced | clhudson | |
2002 | Sony releases SmartSkin introducing mutual capacitive touch recognition. | djbenson | |
2002 | ATI Radeon R300 chip released followed by the 9700 Pro | Anand Lal Shimpi, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - Delivering as Promised, https://www.anandtech.com/show/970, 3.18.19 | aecuriel |
2002 | Riddell Sports designs a new helmet made specifically to reduce concussions | mhsultan | |
2002 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Jaguar. Cheetah provided many networking capabilities and introduced tools for users with disabilities. | aquartulli | |
2002 | The Bush administration files a bill to create the Department of Homeland Security, which will be responsible for protecting the nation's critical IT infrastructure. | http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-homeland-security?detailsDepartmentID=571 | ajmokotoff |
2002 | Poma Wearable PC | Alpert, Mark. Machine Chic: The Poma Wearable Computer is Flashy but Not very Functional. 287 Vol. Scientific American, Inc, 2002. | akshoop |
2002 | A working 3D kidney | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2002 | Sony releases the Walkman NWZ-X1000, its latest play-only cassette Walkm[a]n | http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907884,00.html | wofrick |
2002 | The "Help America Vote Act of 2002" is signed into law with the goal of replacing punch card and lever voting machines | https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ252/html/PLAW-107publ252.htm | stgoldman |
2003 | MySpace & 4chan are founded | dtocco | |
2003 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Panther. Panther introduced the ability to have multiple users logged in at once. It also introduced some user friendly features. | aquartulli | |
2003 | Garmin launches the Forerunner, a sports watch that could measure running distance and heart rate. | Wearables in MedTech: Past, Present & Future. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30, 2018, from https://www.itlmedical.com/news/wearables-in-medtech-past-present-future | pappikatla |
2003 | First commercial use of quantum encryption | zhenhe | |
2003 | First Pentium 4 by Intel, 55 million transistors | ndemarinis | |
2003 | SQL Slammer worm - slows down the global internet traffic via DOS attack | https://www.zdnet.com/article/sql-slammer-worm-wreaks-havoc-on-internet/ | mnurbekova |
2003 | Ruby on Rails invented at Basecamp | https://basecamp.com/about | sbaumgarten |
2003 | Toyota begins selling Prius model in Japan that can automatically parallel park. | Toyota Unveils Car That Parks Itself. 2003. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/09/01/toyota.prius.reut/index.html. | aaadkins |
2003 | Digital Pacemaker | CLARKE, HELEN. "PACEMAKER GOES DIGITAL ; Braodgreen Pioneers CD Surgery: FIRST Edition." Liverpool Echo: 9. 2003. | akshoop |
2003 | The completion of the human genome project | Greenhalgh, Trisha. "The Human Genome Project." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 98.12 (2005). Web. | xjjackson |
2003 | The hacktivist group Anonymous was formed. | http://www.bustle.com/articles/65444-how-did-anonymous-start-the-history-of-the-mysterious-hacktivist-group-began-quite-some-time-ago | ajmokotoff |
2003 | 802.11g released | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 | hfang |
2003 | The Pirate Bay came online. | Butland, Nicholas C., and Sullivan, Justin J. “Pirate Tales from the Deep (Web): An Exploration of Online Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age.” UMass Law Review 13.1 (2018): n. pag. Print. | osanderson |
2003 | AMD released their first single core processor. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
2003 | Tesla Founded with one of their missions to create driverless cars | www.tesla.com/about | cctulig |
2004 | Wireless fencing scoring equipment created | https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/fencing-equipment6.htm | ggsmith |
2004 | Facebook is Founded | eapolekoff | |
2004 | RepRap movement started by Adrian Bowyer. This was the start of the open source 3D printing craze. | https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/history-of-3d-printing-milestones/ | wgbahm |
2004 | The Spirit and Opportunity robotic rovers land on Mars | eosowski | |
2004 | IBM's creation "Embedded ViaVoice" and according to IBM, Honda is the first car manufacturer to equip automobiles with in-car navigation systems using advanced speech recognition and text-to-speech capabilities that can identify spoken street and city names that exist across the entire continental United States. | Jesberg, Gina. "IBM Delivers New, World-Class In-Car Speech Recognition System for Navigation in 2005 Honda Cars." IBM News Room. IBM, 1 Sept. 2004. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
2004 | Yahoo created its own search engine based on companies that it had previously acquired, such as Inktomi and Overture. | Seymour, T., Frantsvog, D., & Kumar, S. (2011). History of search engines. International Journal of Management and Information Systems, 15(4), 47. | hanguyen |
2004 | Cabir - the first phone virus | https://threatpost.com/ten-years-later-cabir-worms-place-in-history-is-unique/106679/ | mnurbekova |
2004 | Hanson Robotics recreated PKD android (first android to utilize face perception, speech recognition, and intelligent conversation) | akan | |
2004 | First public release of Google. | Google, From the garage to the Googleplex, https://about.google/intl/en_us/our-story/ | agmavrotheris |
2005 | A modernized GPS satellite developed by Lockheed Martin was put into orbit around the Earth | gmport | |
2005 | In the second DARPA Grand Challenge 5 teams complete the off-road robotics course. | eosowski | |
2005 | YouTube is launched, hosting all kinds of music. The list includes official music videos, pirated music and homemade tunes. | ||
2005 | Discovery of CTE leads to public exposure of untreated concussions and shortcomings of NFL | mhsultan | |
2005 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Tiger. Tiger introduced more built in tools, such as a thesaurus and dictionary. It also provided voice capabilities for users with disabilities. | aquartulli | |
2005 | Samsung introduces the SCH-B600, the first camera phone to pass 10mp, in Korea | https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/samsung-launches-first-10mp-camera-phone/ | bmheavey |
2005 | Canon introduces the 12.8mp 5d, the first DSLR to have a standard body type, roughly equal in size and shape to professional film cameras | http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-5D-DSLR-Digital-Camera-Review.aspx | bmheavey |
2005 | Open-source collaboration with 3D printing was started via the RepRap Project. | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 , http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S026357471000069X. doi: 10.1017/S026357471000069X | japayano, ncmorgan |
2005 | Blue Brain is born, a project to simulate the brain at molecular detail. | http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ | allewis |
2005 | Wacom released a Cintiq tablet that raised the benchmarks for digital drawing. | wtao
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2005 | Eben Upton, then Director of studies in Computer Science at St. John's College, Cambridge, noticed a drop in talent and number of computer engineering majors | Severance, C. (2013). Eben upton: Raspberry pi. Computer, 46(10), 14-16. | yychow |
2005 | Microsoft Xbox 360 released. As the successor of Microsoft Xbox, it is the first console released in the seventh generation. The performance of the console is greatly enhanced comparing to the Xbox. An online store is introduced where user can purchase games and software. Microsoft also includes YouTube, Twitter and Facebook in Xbox 360, which makes it more than just a gaming console. Latter, in 2010, Kinect, used for motion control, is released. The SDK for Kinect is also released in 2011, allowing developers to develop interesting applications for it. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360 | mli2 |
2005 | Estonia begins allowing citizens to vote online | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/06/07/how-estonias-e-voting-system-could-be-the-future/ | stgoldman |
2005 | Youtube was launched | http://whois.domaintools.com/youtube.com | mazyla |
2005 | AMD released their first dual core processor. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
2005 | DARPA Grand Challenge | www.businessinsider.com/google-driverless-car-history-photos-2016-10 | cctulig |
2006 | Microsoft releases Windows Vista. Vista focused more on security than any prior Windows OS. It also featured a new sleek look. | aquartulli | |
2006 | Nike+: Nike + iPod creates a better running experience. | https://news.nike.com/news/nike-and-apple-launch-nike-ipod-sport-kit | pmahurkar |
2006 | SLS leads to mass customizationf in manufacturing | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2006 | Hinton summarizes ideas of multilayer neural networks and training them to generate sensory data rather than to classify it | mmohapatra | |
2006 | Hinton summarizes ideas of multilayer neural networks and training them to generate sensory data rather than to classify it | mmohapatra | |
2006 | Deep Boltzmann Machines Salakhutdinov and Hinton | mmohapatra | |
2006 | AMD acquires ATI | Andrew Ross Sorkin, A.M.D. to Acquire ATI Technologies, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/24/technology/24cnd-semi.html, 3.18.19 | aecuriel |
2006 | Lexus adds self-parking system capable of parallel and angle parking to Lexus LS sedan. | The Lexus LS460: It Really Does Park Itself. 2006. https://www.cars.com/articles/2006/09/ls_460_parking/ | aaadkins |
2006 | Cornell University reveals its "Starfish" robot which is capable of self-modeling and learning how to walk after being damaged. | eosowski | |
2006 | Albert Gonzalez stole over 45 million payment cards used by customers of US retailer TJX, which owns TJ Maxx, and UK outlet TK Maxx. Attacks on this scale were unheard of and frightened the entire world. IT costed the company $256 million. What caused companies to start buying secure security system to cope with this new reality. | http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/the-history-of-cybersecurity/ | ajmokotoff |
2006 | Nike + iPod introduced a fitness tracking kit via a sensor imbedded in shoes | Peters, Luke. "Nike + iPod Sport Kit." Personal Computer World 21 Sept. 2006. General OneFile. Web. 4 Sept. 2015. | akshoop |
2006 | Guruji was created specifically to provide India with a search engine. | Agarwal, M., & Round, D. K. (2011). The emergence of global search engines: Trends in history and competition. Competition Policy International, 7(1), 114-134. | hanguyen |
2006 | During a TED Talk Jeff Han demos multitouch sensing though frustrated total internal reflection. This was a technique originally used for imaging finger prints. | djbenson | |
2006 | Upton started working at a company called Broadcom; in his free time, he worked towards developing the idea of low-cost computers. | Severance, C. (2013). Eben upton: Raspberry pi. Computer, 46(10), 14-16. | yychow |
2006 | 12-Qubits are reached for quantum computing | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060508164700.htm | hfloreshuerta
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2006 | Sony PlayStation 3 released. PlayStation 3, being the successor of Sony PlayStation 2, is the most powerful console at that time. It also supports Blu-Ray video. PlayStation Move is later released in 2010. But it is not as successful as the Wii or the Kinect. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3 | mli2 |
2006 | Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX released along with the Unified Architecture for shaders | Ryan Shrout, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX Review - DX10 and Unified Architecture, https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-8800-GTX-Review-DX10-and-Unified-Architecture?aid=319&type=expert&pid=5, 3.18.19 | aecuriel |
2006 | Google Translate is released | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Translate | mjgulbin |
2006 | Nintendo Wii released. Nintendo Wii, successor of GameCube, introduces infrared-camera and accelerometer on its Wii Remote Controller, which can detect the controller’s movement in 3D space. This creative feature makes Wii the fast selling console at that time. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii | mli2 |
2006 | Release of Dwarf Fortress, a game that inspired dozens of other games and appears to be Turing-complete | crmyers | |
2006 | Amazon created subsidiary Amazon Web Services and introduced its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) | https://aws.amazon.com/cn/about-aws/whats-new/2006/08/24/announcing-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-amazon-ec2---beta/ | huang2 |
The Netflix Prize competition to create a recommendation system is started | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize | armorrison | |
2007 | The Amazon Kindle is released as the first E-reader. | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/03/ebooks.technology | jaturcotte |
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Pedometers begin changing from pendulum based counters to accelerometer based counters Scarlett, J. (2007). Enhancing the performance of pedometers using a single accelerometer. Application Note, Analog Devices. |
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2007 | Sun makes the bulk of Java open-sourced | Martens, China. "The Bulk of Java is Open Sourced " GrnLight. Web. 2 April. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220942/http:/grnlight.net/index.php/programming-articles/115-javaone-sun-the-bulk-of-java-is-open-sourced | emhess |
2007 | WPI becomes the first college to offer a BS in Robotics Engineering | eosowski | |
2007 | Nvidia releases Cuda GPU technology. | computerhistory.org/timeline/graphics-games | sdnorton |
2007 | LG announces the LG Prada, the first phone with a large capacitive touchscreen | Stephen Temple, "Vintage Mobiles: LG Prada - First mobile with a capacitive touchscreen". http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/#prada | bnklaiman |
2007 | Apple Releases iPhone | clhudson | |
2007 | The iPhone is released, featuring the a multi-touch software keyboard | https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/13/2612736/ios-history-iphone-ipad (Accessed March 22, 2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/1194817108461/the-iphone-up-close.html (Accessed April 2, 2020) |
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2007 | Facebook Launches 'Beacon' Service | eapolekoff | |
2007 | Microsoft debuts the Surface which was a large table top touchscreen interface, as well as the first iPhone is released. | djbenson | |
2007 | Chinook checkers program becomes unbeatable at checkers | cpnota | |
2007 | Six vehicles complete DARPA Urban Challenge in which they navigate through a 60 mile urban driving course while obeying traffic laws and navigating with other autonomous and human-driven vehicles. | Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers. Rand Corporation, 2014. Pg. 57 | aaadkins |
2007 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Leopard. Leopard introduced remote access capabilities. It also introduced parental controls as well as the equivalent of a system restore called time machine. | aquartulli | |
2007 | Apple's release of iOS popularizes touch screen computing and the mobile GUI. | tjnickerson | |
2007 | A spear phishing incident at the Office of the Secretary of Defense steals sensitive U.S. defense information, leading to significant changes in identity and message-source verification at OSD. | http://en.docsity.com/news/algorithms/origins-of-hacking-heartbleed | ajmokotoff |
2007 | United Nations website hacked by Turkish Hacker Kerema125. | http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/hackers-hit-un-site/ | ajmokotoff |
2007 | Stanford Research Institute, or SRI, developed Siri as part of a large DARPA project known as the Personal Assistant that Learns (PAL) project. | "Artificial Intelligence: CALO." SRI International - Timeline of Innovation. SRI International, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
2007 | Protect America Act passed. Allows US government to intercept information travelling through nodes on US soil. | G. A. Sinha, "NSA surveillance since 9/11 and the human right to privacy," Loyola Law Review, 2013. | mttaylor |
2007 | The Fitbit is released, a wearable tracker attached to a belt or clipped onto clothing | nbeeten | |
2007 | Netflix expands its business to streaming video | egouveia | |
2007 | Netflix started streaming videos through its website | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/technology/16netflix.html | mazyla |
2007 | Announcement of Ableton's collaboration with Cycling ’74, producers of Max/MSP | ||
2007 | Intel released the Core 2 Quad processor capable of 2.4 Ghz speeds. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
2007 | Announcement of Scratch, a programming language for kids. | https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch | sli11 |
2007 | Google launches free online language translation, utilizing a system solely based on statistical translation methods. | Greengard, Samuel, “Life, Translated,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 54, No. 8 (Association for Computing Machinery, Aug. 2011), p19-21. | kmpicho |
2008 | HTC Dream releases with Android OS, which, unlike Apple's iOS, is not restricted to any one manufacturer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Form_factor_and_operating_system_shifts | bnklaiman |
2008 | Beats by Dre is released | https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/a-history-of-headphone-design | alate |
2008 | Fitbit Classic: First Fitbit Product to keep track of calories, steps, etc. | pmahurkar | |
2008 | Around 20 Chinese hackers claim to have gained access to the world's moist sensitive sites, including the Pentagon. | http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/07/china.hackers/ | ajmokotoff |
2008 | DIY CO-creatin Servicen Lauches | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2008 | The Roomba robotic vacuum surpasses 2.5 million units sold | eosowski | |
2008 | 1B-transistor GPU (GTX 200 Tesla) | blammeson | |
2008 | Shapeways launched allowing people to design their own parts or print parts designed by others on demand | https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/history-of-3d-printing-milestones/ | wgbahm |
2008 | Nvidia launches 3D Vision | techspot.com/article/650-history-of-the-gpu/ | sdnorton |
2008 | First i7 processor | blammeson | |
2008 | Apple captures 48% of the MP3 player market; SanDisk's Sansa, in second place, has only 8% | http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/from-walkman-to-ipod-what-music-tech-teaches-us-about-innovation/253158/ | wofrick |
2008-2015 | Intel Core Series | dstapply | |
2008 | Intel Atom, ultra-low voltage x86 processor using only 2W of power, compared to ~80W for a standard desktop CPU | ||
2008 | Koobface virus - one of the first PC viruses targeting social networks | https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/what-is-the-koobface-virus | mnurbekova |
2008 | IDE (Intelligent Domotic Enviroment) conecpt is defined | Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica ed Informatica, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy | dberardi |
2008 | Swype keyboard is shown for the first time, which allowed users to swipe their finger over letters to form words. | https://www.engadget.com/2008/09/11/swype-finger-tracing-text-entry-seems-fast-hypnotic-and-magica/ (Accessed March 22, 2018) | jbbrown |
2008 | Hulu, a major Netflix competitor was launched | https://www.hulu.com/press/about/ | mazyla |
2008 | BASE consistency model used as an alternative to ACID for NoSQL | Keith D. Foote, A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases Retrieved August 29th 2019 from https://www.dataversity.net/a-brief-history-of-non-relational-databases/ | bjaubuchon |
2008 | Fitbit Classic is released as a fitness tracker to measure steps taken, calories burned, distance,and sleep. | https://blog.blinq.com/tech-tips/compare-fitbit-models-best-fitbit-model/ | ppatel2 |
2008 | First 3D printed prosthetic leg created | https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/history-of-3d-printing-milestones/ | wgbahm |
2008 | Thingiverse launched as a hub for people to share their designs for others to print | http://www.avplastics.co.uk/3d-printing-history | wgbahm |
2009 | Makerbot launches an FDM kit printer. This was the first truly accessible printer for hobbyists | http://www.avplastics.co.uk/3d-printing-history | wgbahm |
2009 | Facebook Shuts Down 'Beacon' Service | eapolekoff | |
2009 | The Zoll Lifevest a body-worn device with a built-in defribrillator that monitors heart rhythm and can predict cardiac arrest. | Wearables in MedTech: Past, Present & Future. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30, 2018, from https://www.itlmedical.com/news/wearables-in-medtech-past-present-future | pappikatla |
2009 | Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency, is created. | https://bitcoin.org/en/faq | snkim |
2009 | Google Self Driving-Car Project, Waymo | https://www.waymo.com/journey/ | chnguyen, cctulig |
2009 | Apple releases Mac OS X: Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard addressed issues with compatibility, OS size, and speed. | aquartulli | |
2009 | Microsoft releases Windows 7. 7 featured different ways to work with the windows themselves, which made it even easier to use. | aquartulli | |
2009 | W200 Wrist Computer | http://www.glaciercomputer.com/press-w200.html | akshoop |
2009 | 802.11n released | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 | hfang |
2009 | Google builds self-driving car. | http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2013-09/google-self-driving-car |
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2009 |
The first Fitbit is released, soon to be one of the most popular pedometer/activity trackers |
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2009 |
IBM published their first white paper on cloud computing |
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2009 | Bing, which was previously known as Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search, was created. It allowed specifically for the user to search and search suggestions would also appear. | Seymour, T., Frantsvog, D., & Kumar, S. (2011). History of search engines. International Journal of Management and Information Systems, 15(4), 47. | hanguyen |
2009 | DIY kits for 3D printers Enter the Marketplace | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2009 | Pinellas Couty Sherriff's Offices creates a database allowing pictures of suspects to be checked aganst "photo archives of the state's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles" | https://www.facefirst.com/blog/brief-history-of-face-recognition-software/ | sgubrud |
2009 | The patent for FDM printing expires | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5121329A/en | ncmorgan |
2009 | Non-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation founded by Eben Upton and colleagues | Severance, C. (2013). Eben upton: Raspberry pi. Computer, 46(10), 14-16. | yychow |
2009 | Satoshi Nakamoto releases Bitcoin whitepaper | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
2009 | Hewlett-Packard is given the IEEE Milestone in Electrical and Engineering and Computing award for the accomplishments of the HP-35. | http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/the_hp-35_calculator.html | pbcoady |
2009 | Ableton's “Max for Live” announced | ||
2009 | AMD released the first processor to break 3 GHz commercially. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
2009 | Zues botnet discovered, having already infected 3.6 million devices | https://www.networkworld.com/article/2260410/america-s-10-most-wanted-botnets.html | twhite
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2009 | The Zoll Lifevest a body-worn device with a built-in defribrillator that monitors heart rhythm and can predict cardiac arrest. | Wearables in MedTech: Past, Present & Future. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30, 2018, from https://www.itlmedical.com/news/wearables-in-medtech-past-present-future | pappikatla |
2009 | Netflix prize is won | https://www.netflixprize.com/ | armorrison |
Brown university suggests incorporating data science as a keystone in K-12 education | Longbing Cao, Data science: A comprehensive overview, Article 43 (ACM Computing Surveys, June 2017), 42 pages https://dl-acm-org.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/doi/pdf/10.1145/3076253 | armorrison | |
2010 | Next Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contracted to Raytheon Company, Intelligence & Information Systems, for a 73 month development to modernize the GPS system | gmport | |
2010 | Stuxnet warm attack on Iranian nuclear facilities | http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2015/ph241/holloway1/ | mnurbekova |
2010 | Arduino Uno is released | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arduino_boards_and_compatible_systems | amartinez |
2010 | First 1B-transistor CPU card (Oracle Sparc T3, 16-core) | blammeson | |
2010 | There were estimated to be over 1.9 billion web surfers worldwide | dtocco | |
2010 | Robonaut 2 is sent to the International Space Station, it is the first humanoid robot in space | eosowski | |
2010 | Sales of stand-alone cameras peak at approximately 120 million units, sales have fallen in each year since. | http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/common/cr200.pdf | bmheavey |
2010 | The Apple iPad is released. | djbenson | |
2010 | Instagram was released as a mobile photo-sharing social network site | rding2 | |
2010 | Players of the French team use chess engine to cheat in the World Chess Olympiad. | http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2012/FIDE/FIDE_Ethics_Commission_Judgement_in_the_case_French_Team.pdf | wavanrensselaer |
2010 | First 4G capable phone released | http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline | zrrobbins |
2010 | The release of the Kinect brings gesture recognition devices to the consumer's living room. | http://gizmodo.com/5563148/microsoft-xbox-360-kinect-launches-november-4 | djkiourtsis |
2010 | Narrative Science creates computer program Quill writes a news story based on numerical sports or financial data. | http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/09/10/how-many-jobs-could-narrative-sciences-robot-writing-tech-do/ |
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2010 | Nintendo Wii U released. Wii U is the first console released in the eighth generation. It is the first Nintendo console that support HD graphics. Wii U Gamepad, the controller of Wii U, features an additional touch screen that can be used as either an addition to the main display, or as a portable screen for games directly. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U |
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2010 to 2011 | According to the Standford Research Institute, Apple acquired the company in 2010, and in 2011 Siri was unveiled as an integrated feature of the iPhone 4S. | 9. "Artificial Intelligence: CALO." SRI International - Timeline of Innovation. SRI International, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. | leantul |
2010 | Nest, the first smart thermostat, is created to be a more appealing and user-friendly alternative to the clunky smart home systems available. | http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/#94RaVgOCkkqc | mjmcdonald |
2010 | The first Bitcoin purchase 10,000BTC takes place | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
2010 | OMB issues "cloud first" mandate, requiring agencies to identify three services to move to the cloud and retire associated legacy systems. | https://gcn.com/articles/2013/05/30/gcn30-timeline-cloud.aspx | rhuang2
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2010 | OnLive cloud gaming service is released | https://web.archive.org/web/20100312043136/http://blog.onlive.com/2010/03/10/onlive-coming-to-a-screen-near-you/ | acdesveaux |
2011 | Motorola releases the Atrix 4G, the first smartphone with a fingerprint reader | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#2011 | bnklaiman |
2011 | Apple releases Max OS X: Lion. Lion provides applications that increase ease of use and user experience. It also features a fast way to share files between nearby Macs. | aquartulli | |
2011 | David Duerson commits suicide and leaves note asking his brain be used for research on TBI relating concussions | mhsultan | |
2011 | Stanford University launched three MOOCs(massive open online course). | zwu2 | |
2011 | Worlds first 3D printed Robotic Aircraft | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2011 | 3D printing in Gold and Silver | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2011 | Worlds first 3D-printed Car | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2011 | Urbee, a 3D printed Car prototype is unveiled | http://www.avplastics.co.uk/3d-printing-history | wgbahm |
2011 | University of Pittsburgh research team develops 1.5nm transistor | ||
2011 | Zeus Virus steal banking credentials | https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/zeus-virus | mnurbekova |
2011 | Siri is shown off at a conference for the first time under Apple | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/siri-do-engine-apple-iphone_n_2499165.html | nmmuesch |
2011 | Watson, IBM's computer, wins Jeopardy against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the previous Jeopardy champions. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P18EdAKuC1U, Aviv Gaon, The Singularity is Near, http://wpi.aci.info/view/15af7f26c8c00100002/15b4709e35500015c3ad447 | nmmuesch, rjsthilaire |
2011 | Fitbit accidentally releases statisctics about users sexual encounters | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/07/05/fitbit-moves-quickly-after-users-sex-stats-exposed/#1dc8fc4d4327 | nbeeten |
2011 | Bank of America website got hacked by a Turkish hacker named JeOPaRDY. An estimated 85,000 credit card numbers and accounts were reported to have been stolen | http://spicy-dj.blogspot.com/p/youth-hacking.html | ajmokotoff |
2011 | CIA kills Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen living in Yemen, who was involved with the terrorist group al-Qaeda. This sparks controversy about drones killing US citizens. | http://www.popsci.com/watch-brief-history-drone | addresser |
2011 | Jawbone, another big pedometer contender releases their first version of the UP tracker | tjaskoviak | |
2011 | Raspberry Pi Foundation designs a board that turned a BCM 2835 (computer chip with ARM microprocessor) into a mini-single board computer | Severance, C. (2013). Eben upton: Raspberry pi. Computer, 46(10), 14-16. | yychow |
2012 | The Curiosity Rover lands on Mars, it is the largest and most advanced Mars rover to date | eosowski | |
2012 | A patent is filed for managing personal heath information electronically | US20140136233 A1 | nbeeten |
2011 | Datavisualization language D3 is released | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D3.js | armorrison |
2012 | Google reveals project glass, a head mounted display designed to act as a simple computer. | Goldman, D. (2012). Google unveils project glass virtual-reality glasses. Money (CNN), 4. | djkiourtsis |
2012 | 3D printed prosthetic jaw implanted | http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/147363514X13990346756481 | japayano |
2012 | Windows 8 is released, featuring a redesigned start menu and a more touch based interface. It received mixed critical reception, with many citicizing the removal of the start menu. | rdomanico | |
2012 | Google car becomes first self-driving car to earn license plate in US | How Google's Autonomous Car Passed the First U.S. State Self-Driving Test. 2014. http://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/advanced-cars/how-googles-autonomous-car-passed-the-first-us-state-selfdriving-test | aaadkins |
2012 | Pebble Smartwatch | https://blog.getpebble.com | akshoop |
2012 | Microsoft Surface | https://news.microsoft.com/2012/10/16/microsoft-announces-new-surface-details/ | nzhang2 |
2012 | Oculus Founded | https://www.wired.com/2014/05/oculus-rift-4/ | ajdooner |
2012 |
Nike releases their wrist band tracker Nike+ Fuelband, the current version of Nike pedometer/activity trackers |
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2012 | At 25 pounds or 30 USD, the Raspberry Pi (Model B) became massively popular with 100,000 units sold within the first day. | Upton, E., Duntemann, J., Roberts, R., Mamtora, T., & Everard, B. (2016). Learning computer architecture with Raspberry Pi. | yychow |
2012 | Cloud computing makes Siri “smarter”. | https://www.petri.com/cloud-improving-siri-in-ios6 | rhuang2 |
2012 | Release of Google Now. | https://time.com/google-now/ | agmavrotheris |
2012 | Hexoskin launches clothing that included textile sensors to measure an heart rate, breathing, and active intensity. | https://www.hexoskin.com/pages/monitoring-sleep-with-hexoskin | ppatel2 |
2012 | Tesla Model S, First Commercial Level 2 Autonomy Car (Partial Automation) | www.howtogeek.com/401759/what-are-the-different-self-driving-car-levels-of-autonomy/ | cctulig |
2012 | Autodesk released cloud-based Autodesk 360 series. | Alexis Barnhorn, Laura Caudill, 60 years of CAD Infographic: The History CAD since 1957 (CADENAS, 2018), https://partsolutions.com/60-years-of-cad-infographic-the-history-of-cad-since-1957/ | kwang8 |
2013 |
Internet.org, an initiative between Facebook and 6 other companies to bring affordable Internet access to all, is launched. |
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/20/facebook-internet-org/ | zrrobbins |
2013 | Pebble kickstarter programmable smartwatch hits the market | hsahay | |
2013 | Project Loon begins, where Google aims to provide Internet to the entire world through the use of stratospheric balloons | https://www.google.com/loon/where/ | zrrobbins |
2013 | Defense Distributed launches a fully 3D printed gun, igniting outrage and debate about the potential of this technology | http://www.avplastics.co.uk/3d-printing-history | wgbahm |
2013 | NFL to pay $765 million to settle lawsuits against them for hiding dangers of football | mhsultan | |
2013 | Microsoft Surface Pro | http://www.tabletpccomparison.net/microsoft-surface-windows-8-pro | nzhang2 |
2013 | Google Glass | http://glassalmanac.com/history-google-glass/ | akshoop |
2013 | 802.11ac released | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 | hfang |
2013 | Microsoft Surface 2 & Surface Pro 2 | http://www.gizmag.com/surface-2-vs-surface-pro-2/29484/ | nzhang2 |
2013 | First 4K graphics cards (GTX 700-series) | blammeson | |
2013 | Innovega iOptik | http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/10/3863550/innovega-augmented-reality-glasses-contacts-hands-on ; http://innovega-inc.com/new-architecture.php | akshoop |
2013 | GitHub releases Atom Shell (now Electron), a framework used for developing GUI applications using web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, etc.). | tjnickerson | |
2013 | Bitcoin marketplace surpasses $1 Billion. Vitalik Buterin releases Ethereum whitepaper | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko
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2013 | Microsoft Xbox One released. As the successor of Xbox 360, Xbox One is defined as ‘all-in-one entertainment system’. It brings an upgrade in processing power comparing to Xbox 360. It also supports live television programs as well as other multimedia programs such as Twitch and Netflix. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One | mli2
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2013 | Sony PlayStation 4 released. As an upgrade of Sony PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 has an upgraded hardware and supports 4K media playback. Sony also launched PlayStation VR in 2016, which added virtual reality support to PlayStation 4. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4 | mli2 |
2013 | Home automation takes a seat at the forefront of the yearly CES convention as major brands like Belkin start producing devices to compete with smaller startups. | http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/#94RaVgOCkkqc | mjmcdonald |
2013 | Netflix starts producing its own original shows | https://qz.com/887010/netflix-nflx-launched-streaming-video-10-years-ago-and-changed-the-way-we-watch-everything/ | mazyla |
2013 | Ableton Push released | ||
2013 | United Nations releases a dataset in which states 6 billion people have access to mobile phones compared to 4.5 billion having access to toilets/latrines. | https://news.un.org/en/story/2013/03/435102-deputy-un-chief-calls-urgent-action-tackle-global-sanitation-crisis | cvieira |
2013 | G-cluster Debuts the Ultimate Cloud Gaming Machine | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloud-gaming-is-now-g-cluster-debuts-the-ultimate-cloud-gaming-machine-at-ces-2013-184944381.html | rhuang2 |
2013 | Fitbit releases fitness watch/ tracker to include a display. | https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/10/4821200/fitbit-force-price-availability-fitness-tracker | ppatel2 |
2013 | Release of Google Cast. | https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/release-notes#v1.0 | agmavrotheris |
2014 | Elixir programming language 1.0 released. Elixir is based on a long standing telecoms language, Erlang, and provides many features for web and soft real time programming. | https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2014/09/18/elixir-v1-0-0-released/ | rmschade |
2014 | The Bitcoin exchanged Mt.Gox filed for bankruptcy after $460 million was stolen by hackers and another $27.4 million went missing form it's bank accounts | http://www.wired.com/2014/03/bitcoin-exchange/ | ajmokotoff |
2014 | Game personalization through facial expressions proposed at AIIDE Conference | txvu | |
2014 | Tommy Hilfiger releases its first solar power wearable technology | https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelarthur/2014/11/20/tommy-hilfigers-solar-powered-jacket-wearable-tech-in-review/#32ab885d566b | pmahurkar |
2014 | Open Whisper Systems introduced the second version of TextSecure Protocol, which added end-to-end encrypted group chat and instant messaging capabilities to TextSecure. | https://threatpost.com/textsecure-sheds-sms-in-latest-version/104456/ | xlyu |
2014 | ESP8266 WiFi chip released in China, costing dollars. Opened doorway for IoT integration due to low cost and lack of need for microcontroller. | http://esp8266.net/ | amartinez |
2014 | Microsoft Surface Pro 3 | http://www.tabletpccomparison.net/microsoft-surface-pro-3 | nzhang2 |
2014 | White House computer system was hacked by Russians | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/us/russian-hackers-read-obamas-unclassified-emails-officials-say.html?_r=0 | ajmokotoff |
2014 | Amazon proposes using drone to deliver packages to customers. Around the same time, other areas are beginning to utilize drones such as farming, animal conservation, environmental protection, and real-estate. | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131202-drone-uav-uas-amazon-octocopter-bezos-science-aircraft-unmanned-robot/ | addresser |
2014 | Myo Armband | http://www.tomshardware.com/news/thalmic-labs-myo-armband-ces,28385.html | akshoop |
2014 | Apple watch announced. On sale in 2015 | hsahay | |
2014 | After the release of the Raspberry Pi Model B+, more than two million boards had been sold. | Upton, E., Duntemann, J., Roberts, R., Mamtora, T., & Everard, B. (2016). Learning computer architecture with Raspberry Pi. | yychow |
2014 | Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the NSA is seeking quantum computing technology for cryptography purposes | hfloreshuerta | |
2014 | Pepper was created (the first emotionally intelligent robot) | akan | |
2014 | Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion, and Samsung acquires SmartThings (another competing smart home company) | http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/#94RaVgOCkkqc | mjmcdonald |
2014 | Apple announces the creation of iHome Kit, its API for smart home devices. | http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/smart-home-tech-ces/#94RaVgOCkkqc | mjmcdonald |
2014 | Google releases the Google Cardboard, a simple, do-it-yourself project that a phone is put in and used as a VR headset. | https://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/google-cardboard-everything-you-need-to-know-1277738 | bmwaid |
2014 | Ethereum Blockchain is funded by crowdsale. Blockchain technology R3 is formed and forms Consortium of over 40 legacy financial companies for implementing Blockchain technology | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
2014 | PlayStation Now cloud gaming service is released to allow streaming of PS4 and previous PlayStation games. | https://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/05/19/playstation-now-ps4-private-beta-starts-tomorrow/#sf2993055 | acdesveaux |
2015 | Rust programming language 1.0 is released. Rust is a modern systems language providing many safety benefits previously unseen in systems languages such as C and C++. | https://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/05/15/Rust-1.0.html | rmschade |
2015 | The Impact Team stole the user data of Ashley Madison, a commercial website billed as enabling extramarital affairs. The group copied personal information about the site's user base, and threatened to release user names and personally identifying information if Ashley Madison was not immediately shut down. Approximately one month later, the group leaked more than 25 gigabytes of company data including user details. | http://www.wired.com/2015/08/happened-hackers-posted-stolen-ashley-madison-data/ | ajmokotoff |
2015 | CD sales for the first half of 2015 are 41 million, a 31% drop from the same period in the previous year | http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34323530 | wofrick |
2015 | First OLED monitors reach the market | http://www.oled-info.com/oled-devices/monitors | nadiaz |
2015 | Over 20,000 people including over 3,000 researchers in the field of AI and Robotics sign an open letter to ban development and use of autonomous weapons. Of the 20,000, included were Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Steve Wozniak. | http://futureoflife.org/open-letter-autonomous-weapons/ | allewis |
2015 | Tesla releases Tesla Version 7.0 Software, giving compatible Tesla vehicles the ability to maintain speed and distance behind other cars, stay in lanes, change lanes, scan for parking spots, and park autonomously | 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: Tesla Autopilot. 2016. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600772/10-breakthrough-technologies-2016-tesla-autopilot/ | aaadkins |
2015 | Uber begins working on self-driving cars | techcrunch.com/2016/08/18/ubers-first-self-driving-cars-will-start-picking-up-passengers-this-month/ | cctulig |
2015 | Non invasive ultrasound technology development for alzheimer's treatment | www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150312082826.htm | lnguyen3 |
2015 | Shadow cloud gaming service allows users to rent a high-end gaming PC for a monthly fee, to be streamed to any device. | https://shadow.tech/usen/about | acdesveaux |
2015 | A complete Deep learning paper was published | LeCun, Y., Bengio, Y., & Hinton, G. (2015). Deep learning. Nature, 521(7553), 436-444. 10.1038/nature14539 | aditthapron
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2015 | Apple Watch | https://www.apple.com/watch/technology/ | akshoop |
2015 | Microsoft Surface 3 | http://www.tabletpccomparison.net/microsoft-surface-3 | nzhang2 |
2015 | Microsoft Surface Pro 4 & Surface Book | http://www.pcworld.com/article/2996029/tablet-pc/surface-book-vs-surface-pro-4-picking-the-best-came-down-to-just-one-thing.html | nzhang2 |
2015 | Ringly: Release wearable technology in the form of jewelry for women | https://ringly.com | pmahurkar |
2015 | Mota DOI SmartRing | https://www.mota.com/doi-smart-ring/ | akshoop |
2015 | The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B with its 4-core ARM processor sold more than 500,000 units during the first two weeks of its release; it was promised to be more efficient at computations. | Upton, E., Duntemann, J., Roberts, R., Mamtora, T., & Everard, B. (2016). Learning computer architecture with Raspberry Pi. | yychow |
2015 | BI Intelligence reports almost 2 Billion smart home connected devices though to be installed globally | https://www.raconteur.net/technology/the-evolution-of-the-smart-home | dberardi |
2015 | Ethereum Genesis block created. Linux Foundation unveils Hyperledger to enhance blockchain development | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
2015 | A virtual keyboard is projected onto a table using lasers. | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=7287956 | jbbrown |
2015 | Invention of Quell: Wearable technology for detecting chronic body pain | https://www.quellrelief.com | pmahurkar |
2015 | HTC and Valve Corporation announce the HTC Vive which utilized external sensors to be placed in the room for location tracking on the headset and controllers. | https://search.proquest.com/docview/1879884129?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo | bmwaid |
2015 | OnLive cloud gaming service is purchased by Sony and closes | https://web.archive.org/web/20150407010959/http://games.onlive.com/farewell/games | acdesveaux |
2015 | Google releases the OnHub router. | https://www.vox.com/2015/8/18/11617824/google-announces-onhub-a-200-router-focused-on-simplicity | agmavrotheris |
2015 | Quell releases wearable technology to reduce pain and track progress. | https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/newsneurometrix-pain-relief-quell-4445711/ | ppatel2 |
2016 | Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is released with 64-bit quad-core ARMv8CPU, and built-in wireless and bluetooth. | Upton, E., Duntemann, J., Roberts, R., Mamtora, T., & Everard, B. (2016). Learning computer architecture with Raspberry Pi. | yychow |
2016 | AI program AlphaGo by Google beat Go world champion Lee Sedol | txvu | |
2016 | Google begins testing post-quantum encryption in Chrome | https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/07/googles_post-qu.html | hfloreshuerta |
2016 | Bug in Ethereum DAO code exploited and attacked | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
2016 | Microsoft acquires LinkedIn for $26.2 billion | https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/08/microsoft-officially-closes-its-26-2b-acquisition-of-linkedin/ | abettigole |
2016 | Sales of stand-alone cameras dip below 25 million units, representing less than 20% of 2012 numbers | http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/common/cr200.pdf | bmheavey |
2016 | “Sophia” – latest in AI robotics with the capacity to learn creativity, empathy and compassion | akan | |
2016 | OpenAI selected Dota 2 as a testbed for general-purpose AI systems | https://openai.com/five/ | qthoang |
2016 | Cerber ransomware | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-cerber-ransomware-not-only-encrypts-your-data-but-also-speaks-to-you/ | mnurbekova |
2016 | FBI vs Apple, U.S. government demands a backdoor into apple phones in case of extreme terrorist events | Martin, J. (n.d.). Encryption Backdoors: A Discussion of Feasibility, Ethics, and the Future of Cryptography. Digital Commons @ SPU. | etarthur |
2016 | Mirai IoT botnet launches first major attack against French host OVH, and Dyn a month later | https://www.csoonline.com/article/3258748/the-mirai-botnet-explained-how-teen-scammers-and-cctv-cameras-almost-brought-down-the-internet.html | twhite |
2016 | Apple Swift Playground released. | https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/11/apple-launches-swift-playgrounds-app-for-the-mac/ | sli11 |
2016 | Google Home speaker is released. | https://www.cnet.com/news/android-n-daydream-vr-google-home-and-more-everything-announced-at-google-io-2016/ | agmavrotheris |
2017 | Firefox Quantum is released. This release has many components rewritten in Rust. Tentative benchmarks showed it was 2 times faster than previous releases. | https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/the-new-firefox-by-the-numbers/, https://blog.rust-lang.org/2017/11/14/Fearless-Concurrency-In-Firefox-Quantum.html | rmschade |
2017 | Audi A8, First Commercial Level 3 Autonomy Car (Conditional Automation) | www.howtogeek.com/401759/what-are-the-different-self-driving-car-levels-of-autonomy/ | cctulig |
2017 | Apple AirPods are released | https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/a-history-of-headphone-design | alate |
2017 | Google’s Machine learning software AutoML is able to build other machine learning software. | https://www.wired.com/story/googles-learning-software-learns-to-write-learning-software/ | jedyer |
2017 | Google’s AlphaZero AI is able to learn chess in 4 hours, given only the rules of the game, no additional human domain knowledge, and is defeats the previous best chess playing AI. | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/07/alphazero-google-deepmind-ai-beats-champion-program-teaching-itself-to-play-four-hours | jedyer |
2017 | Libratus beat humans at Texas Hold-em | https://newatlas.com/ai-2017-beating-humans-games/52741/ | awheeler2 |
2017 | Tensorflow 1.0 is released by Google | https://developers.googleblog.com/2017/02/announcing-tensorflow-10.html | aparmanand |
2017 | Nintendo releases the Nintendo Switch gaming console | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8386406 | dmpayette |
2017 | Facebook reaches 2 billion monthly active users | https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/facebook-2-billion-users/ | abettigole |
2017 | Google deploys an “anti-trolling” AI as a part of their greater Conversation AI initiative. | https://www.wired.com/2017/02/googles-troll-fighting-ai-now-belongs-world/ | sgonzales |
2017 | OpenAI beat esport professionals at Dota 2 in 1v1/td> | https://newatlas.com/ai-2017-beating-humans-games/52741/ | awheeler2 |
2017 | First Dota 2 professional player to beat OpenAI final 1v1 bot | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-fTicRFv0M&feature=youtu.be&t=530 | qthoang |
2017 | Stanford created an AI to beat Montezuma's revenge | https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs224n/reports/2762090.pdf | awheeler2 |
2017 | The newly released iPhone X features the ability to unlock the phone using facial recognition. | https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/09/14/facial-recognition-iphone-today-tomorrow-airport/664000001/ | sgubrud |
2017 | EOS is unveiled by Block one as a new blockchain protocol for the deployment of decentralized applications | https://101blockchains.com/history-of-blockchain-timeline/#prettyPhoto/0/ | ieroshenko |
2017 | A.I being used to analyze medical images | www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823090930.htm | lnguyen3 |
2017 | "Petya" ransomware outbreak in Europe | https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/petya-ransomware-wiper | mnurbekova |
2017 | WannaCry ransom-ware attacks hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. | "The WannaCry ransomware attack," Strategic Comments, vol. 23, (4), pp. vii, 2017. | mttaylor |
2017 | The creation of the first reprogrammable quantum computer | https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/34813/20170104/researchers-build-first-reprogrammable-quantum-computer.htm | vkothari |
2017 | The Department of Homeland Security notifies 21 states that their election systems had been targeted by hackers prior to the 2016 election | https://apnews.com/cb8a753a9b0948589cc372a3c037a567 | stgoldman |
2017 | The Google Home Mini is released. | https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/16407344/google-home-mini-announced-price-release-date-smart-speaker | agmavrotheris |
2017 | The Google Home Max is released. | https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/4/16404380/google-home-max-smart-stereo-speaker-announced-price-release-date | agmavrotheris |
2018 | Google presented a demo for a new feature of Google Assistant called Duplex, showing how it can call up a business and schedule an appointment, without the person on the phone realizing they’re talking to an AI | https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17334658/google-ai-phone-call-assistant-duplex-ethical-social-implications | jedyer |
2018 | Boston Dynamics releases a video of its humanoid Atlas Robot, demonstrating it is able to run across outdoor terrain | https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/10/17341400/boston-dynamics-atlas-spotmini-robots-videos-autonomous-navigation | jedyer |
2018 | Driverless taxis debut in Tokyo and are able to take paying customers. | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/28/driverless-taxi-debuts-in-tokyo-in-world-first-trial-ahead-of-olympics | jedyer |
2018 | Apple watch series 4: Capable of taking an electrocardiogram | https://www.apple.com/watch/ | pmahurkar
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2018 | Market Volume for the Home Automation industry reaches 18.877 Billion | https://www.statista.com/outlook/279/109/smart-home/united-states#market-arpu | dberardi |
2018 | Waymo One taxi, First Commercial Level 4 Autonomy Car | www.howtogeek.com/401759/what-are-the-different-self-driving-car-levels-of-autonomy/ | cctulig |
2018 | OpenAI bot beat 99.95th percentile Dota players in a best-of-three 5v5 game | https://blog.openai.com/openai-five-benchmark-results/ | qthoang |
2018 | OpenAI bot lost 2 5v5 games against top Dota 2 teams at The International 8 | https://blog.openai.com/the-international-2018-results/ | qthoang |
2019 | Since 2010 Intel i series chips improved from 2 to 16 cores and from around 1 billion to about 10 billion transistors. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EMkcZ2UPuu95BAHkGAW1YPhDVI2GfyMJh1pEu-wmjy0/edit?usp=sharing | nmbargman |
2019 | Yahoo shuts down GeoCities Japan. | https://www.cnet.com/news/geocities-dies-in-march-2019-and-with-it-a-piece-of-internet-history/ | hjiang2 |
2019 | Pew Research Center releases a study that shows 96% of Americans own a mobile phone and 81% own smartphones. | https://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/ | cvieira |
2019 | Samsung releases the first foldable smartphone | http://fortune.com/2018/11/01/foldable-phone-screens-stop/ | dcvollum |
2019 | First Corona Virus case is discovered in November, sparking a world wide loss of personal privacy | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html | brobinson
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2019 | Google Stadia cloud gaming service will release in November 2019 | https://store.google.com/us/product/stadia_founders_edition?hl=en-US | acdesveaux |
2020 | The US census is conducted online | https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/807913222/despite-cybersecurity-risks-and-last-minute-changes-the-2020-census-goes-online | jamevor |
2020 | MIDI 2.0 Standards Released | https://www.midi.org/articles-old/details-about-midi-2-0-midi-ci-profiles-and-property-exchange | jmmoy |
2020 | Hungarian Prime Minister given emergency powers which can punish online critics | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52135402 | brobinson |
2020 | Kansas announces it is tracking 55,000 citizens amid corona virus pandemic | https://www.nationalreview.com/news/coronavirus-kansas-using-resident-cell-phone-location-data-fight-pandemic/ | brobinson |