American Technology Advancements Timeline by MADELINE BARBA

1946: Car/mobile phones

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A device that was similar to a two-way radio in that it transmitted signals and users would speak to each other through a phone.

1950: Artificial Intelligence

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Computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, or solving problems.

1954: Joseph Engelberger and Unimation

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Engelberger collaborated with Devol to engineer and produce an industrial robot under the brand name Unimate to automate metalworking and welding processes.

1965: “Early Bird” communication satellite

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The first commercial communications satellite to launch in geosynchronous orbit.

1966: Charles Rosen and “Shakey”

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The first mobile robot with the ability to perceive and reason about its surroundings.

1971: Personal Computer

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A digital device designed for personal purposes, such as working, studying, gaming, and browsing the internet

1971: MRI

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A noninvasive medical imaging test that produces detailed images of almost every internal structure in the human body.

1972: Outsourcing - Morton Meyerson

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The business practice of hiring a party outside a company to perform services or create goods that were traditionally performed in-house by the company's own employees and staff.

1973: Global Positioning System

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A utility that provides users with positioning, navigation, and timing.

1977: Voyager 1

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The first human-made object to venture into interstellar space.

1981: Columbia the first space shuttle

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The first shuttle to reach space when it was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

1983: The Internet

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A global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices.

1989: Online College ex. Electronic University Network founded

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Created to offer online classes covering the same course material in a virtual setting.

1990: Hubble telescope

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A large space telescope orbiting Earth. This telescope captures pictures of our universe to help scientists on Earth understand it better.

1992: Smartphones

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A mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.

2002: Roomba

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A series of autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners.

1996: Mars rover

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