Timeline of American Technological Advancements by EMMA HEDRICK

1956: Artificial Intelligence

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Alan Turing, published his work “Computer Machinery and Intelligence” which eventually became The Turing Test, which experts used to measure computer intelligence. The term “artificial intelligence” was coined and came into popular use.

1961: Joseph Engelberger and Unimation

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oseph Frederick Engelberger (July 26, 1925 – December 1, 2015) was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s.

1962: “Early Bird” communication satellite

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Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.

1972: Outsourcing

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Electronic Data Systems' Morton H. Meyerson proposed outsourcing as a business model in 1967. However, the practice only became a formal business strategy in 1989. The rise of the Information Age has ushered in a new evolution of outsourcing: BPOs

1971: personal computer

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Released in early 1971, is considered by the Computer History Museum to be the world's first personal computer. It was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of Kenbak Corporation in 1970, and was first sold in early 1971.

1983: the internet

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The invention of the Internet, initially a project for the US Department of Defense, evolved into a global network connecting millions of computers. This transformational technology reshaped society, enabling the exchange of information, ideas, and services at an unprecedented scale.

1971: MRI

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Professor Paul C. Lauterbur was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his ground breaking research in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University that led to the invention of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Professor Lauterbur obtained a B.S.

1989: Roomba

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Roomba is an autonomous vacuum and one of the most popular consumer robots in existence. It navigates around clutter and under furniture cleaning your floors, and returns to its charging dock when finished.

1972: Charles Rosen and “Shakey”

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Charles Rosen with "Shakey" c1970. Shakey is one of the more well known and documented autonomous automaton. With the then more topical name of "Artificial Intelligence", the "Cybernetic" world starts to lose favour. We are now entering the era of "Intelligent Automata"

1973: Global positioning system

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based radio-navigation system, owned by the U.S. Government and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It can pinpoint a three dimensional position to meter-level accuracy and time to the 10-nanosecond level, worldwide and 24/7

1946: car/mobile phone

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The first mobile phone service, for 80-pound telephones installed in cars, was demonstrated on June 17, 1946, 75 years ago. The service was only available in major cities and highway corridors and was aimed at companies rather than individuals

1977: Voyager 1

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Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.

1981: Columbia the first space shuttle

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Space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to reach space when it was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Apr. 12, 1981. Columbia carried dozens of astronauts into space during the next two decades, reaching several milestones. The shuttle also underwent upgrades as technology advanced

1990: Hubble telescope

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The Hubble Space Telescope is a large space telescope orbiting Earth. The telescope captures pictures of our universe to help scientists on Earth understand it better. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit by space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Hubble orbits about 332 miles above Earth.

1997: Mars Rove

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Mars Pathfinder, Sojourner roverMars Pathfinder was a U.S. spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars on July 4, 1997. It consisted of a lander and a small 10.6-kilogram (23 lb) wheeled robotic rover named Sojourner, which was the first rover to operate on the surface of Mars.