Timeline: History of American Technological Progress by KAYLA CHEN

1965:"Early Bird” Communication satellite

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The "Early Bird” Communication satellite was the first operational satellite for COMSAT Corporation.

1992:SmartPhone

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IBM announced the very first smartphone called Simon Personal Communicator.

June 17, 1946:Car Phone

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A car phone is a mobile radio telephone specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile.

1978:Global Positioning System

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The Block 1 developmental Navstar/GPS satellite launched near the end of 1978.

1971:Personal Computer

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The first personal computer was called the Kenbak-1.

January 1, 1983: The internet

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Computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn can be found on every shortlist of people credited as inventors of the internet.

1956:Joseph Engelberger and Unimation

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Devol met Joseph Engelberger, and together they founded Unimation, Inc., the first robotics company.

1966:Charles Rosen and “Shaky”

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Shaky was the first mobile robot to reason about its actions.

1956:Artificial intelligence

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Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines or software, as opposed to the intelligence of living beings, primarily of humans.

September 2002:Roomba

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In September 2002, the company introduced the first Roomba model.

Mar. 27, 1975:Columbia the first space shuttle

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The space shuttle Columbia was named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe and also the command module for the Apollo 11 moon landing according to NASA.

September 5, 1977:Voyager 1

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Voyager 1 was launched on a faster, shorter trajectory on September 5,1977.

December 4, 1996:Mars Rover

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A Mars Rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars.

April 24, 1990:Hubble Telescope

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The Hubble Space Telescope took decades of planning and research before it launched on April 24, 1990.

1972:MRI

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On July 3, 1977, the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam on a live human patient was performed.

1989:Online Classes

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In 1989 the University of Phoenix became the first institution to launch a fully online collegiate institution that offered both bachelors and masters degrees.

1970:Outsourcing

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A business practice in which a company hires a third party to perform tasks, handle operations, or provide services for the company.