History of American Technological Progress by MEKENZIE LOBUR https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p en-us 2023-09-29 17:05:35 UTC 2023-10-03 13:14:48 UTC hello@padlet.com “Early Bird” - 1965 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2726361228 A communication satellite. On April 6, 1965, NASA launched the world's first commercial communications satellite Intelsat]]> 2023-09-29 17:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2726361228 Car/mobile phones - 1946 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728931262 A car phone is a mobile radio telephone specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile. This service originated with the Bell System and was first used in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on June 17, 1946. ]]> 2023-10-02 16:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728931262 Global Positioning System - 1973 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728936417 The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973.]]> 2023-10-02 16:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728936417 Personal Computer - 1974 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728938340 A small firm named MITS made the first personal computer, the Altair. This computer, which used Intel Corporation's 8080 microprocessor, was developed in 1974.]]> 2023-10-02 16:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728938340 The Internet - 1983 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728940580 January 1, 1983, is considered the official birthday of the Internet.]]> 2023-10-02 16:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728940580 Joseph Engelberger and Unimation - 1961 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728941951 In 1961 Engelberger established Unimation, Inc., a Condec Corp. company in Danbury, Connecticut, to develop the business in the newly established robotics industry he created. 

]]> 2023-10-02 16:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728941951 Charles Rosen and “Shakey” - 1966 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728945471 Shakey, developed at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1966 to 1972, was the first mobile robot to reason about its actions.

]]> 2023-10-02 16:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728945471 Artificial Intelligence - 1955 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728947292 In December 1955 Herbert Simon and Allen Newell developed the Logic Theorist, the first artificial intelligence program, which eventually would prove 38 of the first 52 theorems in Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica.

]]> 2023-10-02 16:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728947292 Roomba - 2002 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728949493 In September 2002, the company introduced the first Roomba model.]]> 2023-10-02 17:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728949493 Columbia the first space shuttle - 1981 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728951636 The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times.

]]> 2023-10-02 17:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728951636 Voyager 1 - 1977 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728952993 Voyager 1 was launched on a faster, shorter trajectory on September 5, 1977.]]> 2023-10-02 17:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728952993 Mars rover - 1996 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728954791 Mars rover - Mars Pathfinder, a mars rover, was launched December 4, 1996 and landed on Mars' Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997. ]]> 2023-10-02 17:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728954791 Hubble telescope - 1990 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728956018 The Hubble Space Telescope took decades of planning and research before it launched on April 24, 1990]]> 2023-10-02 17:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728956018 Outsourcing - Morton Meyerson - 1980s 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728962368 Morton Meyerson is credited with developing the innovative concept known as outsourcing in the 1980s]]> 2023-10-02 17:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728962368 Online College ex. Electronic University Network founded - 1983 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728964228 The Electronic University Network was developed by TeleLearning Systems, Inc. in 1983 by Ron Gordon. ]]> 2023-10-02 17:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728964228 MRI - Paul Lauterbur - 2003 3586212 https://padlet.com/3586212/h85o0fjzb0h4kv0p/wish/2728965837 Professor Paul C. Lauterbur was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking research in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University that led to the invention of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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