https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj en-us 2023-03-03 13:05:00 UTC 2023-03-06 12:40:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502595587 Intelsat I was the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965. ]]> 2023-03-03 13:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502595587 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502597505 The IBM Simon Personal Communicator is a handheld, touchscreen PDA designed by International Business Machines, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric.]]> 2023-03-03 13:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502597505 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502601014 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.]]> 2023-03-03 13:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502601014 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502602754 he Global Positioning System, originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force]]> 2023-03-03 13:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502602754 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502604352 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. Though the Altair was popular among computer hobbyists, its commercial appeal was limited]]> 2023-03-03 13:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502604352 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502606163 The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite to communicate between networks and devices. ]]> 2023-03-03 13:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502606163 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502608775 Engelberger was a force in robotics from its early days, in the 1960s, when his company, Unimation, in Danbury, Conn., developed the Unimate, a robotic arm that would greatly accelerate industrial production lines.]]> 2023-03-03 13:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502608775 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502610929 Charles Rosen, whose pioneering work in artificial intelligence led to the invention of “Shakey,” the first mobile robot that could reason about its actions, died of pneumonia Dec. 8 at his home in Atherton, Calif.]]> 2023-03-03 13:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502610929 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502612310 The earliest successful AI program was written in 1951 by Christopher Strachey, later director of the Programming Research Group at the University of Oxford. ]]> 2023-03-03 13:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502612310 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502614053 The Roomba proved to be the first commercially successful robot vacuum. In 2005, iRobot introduced the Scooba, which scrubbed hard floors. In 1996, Electrolux introduced the first “Robotic Vacuum Cleaner”, the Electrolux Trilobite.]]> 2023-03-03 13:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502614053 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502616242 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.]]> 2023-03-03 13:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502616242 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502617198 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 interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.]]> 2023-03-03 13:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502617198 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502617955  Mars rover is a motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more territory, they can be directed to interesting]]> 2023-03-03 13:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502617955 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502619007 The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy]]> 2023-03-03 13:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502619007 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502621953 Paul Christian Lauterbur. By developing the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to create images of organs, joints and other tissues in the human body, Paul Lauterbur established magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an important tool in modern medicine.]]> 2023-03-03 13:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502621953 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502623522 1983. Ron Gordon, Atari's former president, launches the Electronic University Network to make online courses available for people with access to personal computers.]]> 2023-03-03 13:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502623522 3474121 https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502625898  Morton Meyerson is credited with developing the innovative concept known as outsourcing in the 1980s, and creating the first offshore development centers in Latin America and India.]]> 2023-03-03 13:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/3474121/izsmrdv53jggjrzj/wish/2502625898