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A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  Please feel free to suggest others to [mailto:ieee-history@ieee.org ieee-history@ieee.org]  -- or even better -- [[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|propose]] an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the '''[[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|Milestone Guidelines]] '''for more information on the milestone process. There is also a [http://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones_by_Region list according to regions] of milestones which have already been dedicated.  
A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  Please feel free to suggest others to [mailto:ieee-history@ieee.org ieee-history@ieee.org]  -- or even better -- [[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|propose]] an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the '''[[Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|Milestone Guidelines]] '''for more information on the milestone process.  


Last updated: 12 March 2015
There is also a [http://ethw.org/Milestones:List_of_Milestones_by_Region list according to regions] of milestones which have already been dedicated.


Australian IEEE Members have created a [https://ethw.org/Possible_Milestones_for_Australia  list of important technological events in Australia] some of which might also be appropriate for proposal.


'''Date, Milestone, Person(s), Location, Region'''
Last updated: 10 October 2019
*4th Century Bce, Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, Wang Xu, Defeng County, Henan, China, Region 10 (could Also Be 1040-44, Book ''collection of Most Important Military Techniques'', Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China)  
 
*1617 Napier's Bones, Napier, Edinburgh, Scotland, Region 8
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*1621 Slide Rule Oughtred, Albury, England, Region 8
|-
*1623 Mechanical Calculator, Schichard, Tuebingen, Germany, Region 8
! Date
*1642 Advanced Calculator Pascal, Paris, France, Region 8
! Milestone
*1671 Reliable Calculator Liebniz Mainz, Germany, Region 8
! Associated person
*1729 Discovery of Conduction Gray London, Region 8
! Location
*1746 Leyden Jar, Unknown, Leyden, Netherlands, Region 8
! IEEE Region
*1790 Galvanism, Galvani, Bologna, Italy, Region 8
! Technical area/society
*1808 Arc Lighting Davy London, England, Region 8
|-
*1810 Electrolytic Telegraph Von Sommerin, Munich, Germany, Region 8
|4th Century Bce
*1819 Discovery of Current/Magnetism, Oersted, Denmark, Region 8
|Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, (could Also Be 1040-44, Book ''collection of Most Important Military Techniques'', Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China)  
*1824 Electromagnet, Sturgeon, London, England, Region 8
|Wang Xu
*1824 Galvanometer, Ampere, Paris, France, Region 8
|Defeng County, Henan, China
*1824 Thermocouple, Seebech, Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|10
*1828 Electric Motor, Henry, Albany, NY, USA, Region 1
|Magnetics Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Vehicular Technology Society
*1828 Ohm's Law/resistance, Ohm, Cologne, Germany, Region 8
|-
*1830 Bimetallic Thermostat, Ure, Glasgow, Scotland, Region 8
|1617
*1831 Discovery of Induction, Faraday, London, England, Region 8
|Napier's Bones
*1833 Difference Engine, Babbage, Cambridge, England, Region 8
|Napier
*1833 Electric Telegraph Key, Gauss/weber, Goettingen, Germany, Region 8
|Edinburgh, Scotland
*1834 Early Electric Light Lindsay, Dundee, Scotland, Region 8
|8
*1836 Electric Telegraph, Cooke&Wheatsone, London, England, Region 8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
*1837 Analytical Engine, Babbage, London, England, Region 8
|-
*1837 Practical Electric Motor, Davenport, Rutland, VT, USA, Region 1
|1621
*1840 Electroplating Wright, Birmingham, England, Region 8
|Slide Rule
*1840 First "program", Ada Augusta, London, England, Region 8
|Oughtred
*1844 Washington-Baltimore Telegraph, Morse, Maryland, USA, Region 2
|Albury, England
*1850 Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff, Koenigsberg, Germany, Region 8
|8
*1854 Electric Loom Bonelli, Turin, Italy, Region 8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society
*1854 Printing Telegraph Hughes Kentucky, USA, Region 3
|-
*1856 Shuttle-wound Armature Von Siemens Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|1623
*1859 Discovery of Cathode Rays Pluker Bonn, Germany, Region 8
|Mechanical Calculator
*1859 Storage Battery, Plante, France, Region 8
|Schichard
*1860 Arc Welding Wilde, London, Region 8
|Tuebingen, Germany
*1863 Early Generator, Paccinotti, Italy, Region 8
|8
*1868 Primary Dry Cell, Leclanche, France, Region 8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
*1873 DC Generator/lighthouses, Gramme Belgium, Region 8
|-
*1874 Early Electric Car, Salomans, Kent, England, Region 8
|1642
*1875 Electric Dental Drill, Green, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, Region 4
|Advanced Calculator
*1877 Dynamic Microphone, Curtis/Reddi, Boston, Region 1
|Pascal
*1877 Dynamic Microphone, Siemens, Germany, Region 8
|Paris or Rouen, France
*1877 Resistance Welding, Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa, USA, Region 2
|8
*1877 Telephone Switchboard, Holmes, Boston, MA, USA, Region 1
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
*1878 Alternator, Gramme/Fonta, France, Region 8
|-
*1878 Alternator, Siemens, Germany Region 8
|1671
*1879 Commercial Use of Arc-lighting, Brush, Cleveland, Oh, USA, Region 2
|Reliable Calculator  
*1880 Contributions of Lewis Latimer, New York, Region 1
|Liebniz  
*1880 Early Hydroelectric Site, Numerous, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, Region 4
|Mainz, Germany
*1880 First Electrically Lit Town, Numerous, Wabash, Indiana, Region 4
|8
*1881 Commercial Music Over Wire, Cahill, Holyoke, Mass., USA, Region 1
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society, Industrial Electronics Society
*1881 Solar-powered Pump, Adams, Bombay, India, Region 10
|-
*1881 Transformer, Gaulard/Gibb, Paris, France, Region 8
|1729
*1882 "Elektromote" Trackless Car, Von Siemens, Halensee, Germany 8
|Discovery of Conduction
*1882 Commercial Electric Fan, Crocker/Curt, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Gray
*1882 Early Hydroelectric Site, Brush, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Region 4
|London
*1882 Early Hydroelectric Site, Calder/Barre, Surrey, England, Region 8
|8
*1882 Electric Iron Seely, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Circuits and Systems Society, Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
*1882 Electric Mine Railway, Von Siemens, Saxony, Germany, Region 8
|-
*1885 Magnetic Circuit Theory, Hopkinson, London, England 8
|1745
*1885 Mass Production of Edison Lamps, Thomson, Lynn, Ma, Region 1
|"Leyden Jar" type Capacitator
*1886 Bayonet Cap Light Bulb, Swan, Newcastle-on-Tyne,England, Region 8
|Ewald G. von Kleist
*1886 Electric Heater, Burton, Richmond, VA, USA, Region 3
|Germany
*1886 Electric Submarine, Peral, Spain, Region 8
|8
*1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium, Hall, Oberlin, OH, USA Region 2
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
*1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium, Herault Paris, France, Region 8
|-
*1886 First Electric Trolley System, Numerous people, Montgomery, AL, USA, Region 3
|1746
*1887 Electric Elevator, Von Siemens Mannheim, Germany 8
|Leyden Jar
*1888 AC Induction Motor, Tesla, New York, Region 1
|Pieter van Musschenbroek and others, debatable precedence
*1888 AC Induction Motor, Ferraris, Turin, Italy, Region 8
|Leyden, Netherlands, also Germany
*1888 Edward Weston Precision Meters, USA, Region 1
|8
*1889 Automatic Telephone Exchange, Strowger, Kansas City, MO, USA, Region 4
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
*1889 Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant, Numerous, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Region 9
|-
*1890 Electric Motor Car, Morrison, Demoines, Iowa, Region 4
|1790
*1890 High-frequency Generator, Thomson, Chicago, USA 4
|Galvanism
*1890 Long-distance AC Transmission, Numerous Inventors, Williamette Falls, Or, Region 6
|Galvani
*1890 Punched-card Machine, Holerith, Washington, DC, USA, Region 2
|Bologna, Italy
*1892 Lorentz Paper On The Electron, Benelux Section, Region 8
|8
*1893 Coney Island Electric Escalator, Reno, Brooklyn, NY, USA, Region 1
|Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
*1895 X-rays, Roentgen, Wuerzburg, Germany, Region 8
|-
*1897 CRT, Braun, Strausbourg, Germany, Region 8
|1808
*1897 Discovery of Electron, Thomson, Cambridge, England, Region 8
|Arc Lighting
*1898 Wireless Power Transmission, Tesla, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Davy
*1899 Loading Coil, Pupin, At&t Region 1
|England
*1899 Magnetic Recording, Poulsen, Denmark, Region 8
|8
*1901 Electric Typewriter, Cahill ,Washington, DC, USA, Region 2
|Electron Devices Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
*1901 Mercury Discharge Lamp, Cooper Hewitnew York, NY, USA 1
|-
*1902 Early Broadcast, Stubblefield, Murphy,ky, USA 3
|1810
*1902 Oscilloscope, Ryan, Ithaca, NY, USA 1  
|Electrolytic Telegraph
*1902 George Darby's Patent For Electrical Heat And Smoke Detector, Birmingham, England, Region 8
|Von Sommering
*1906 Crystal Detector, Dunwoody/Pic, Washington, DC, USA 2
|Munich, Germany
*1906 Crystal Detector, Braun, Germany 8
|8
*1906 Sound Film, Lauste, Brixton, England, Region 8
|Signal Processing Society, Professional Communication Society, Information Theory Society, Broadcast Technology Society
*1906 Telephone Amplifier Tube, Von Lieben, Vienna, Austria 8
|-
*1906 Triode, De Forrest, US, Region 1
|1819
*1906 Electromagnetic Seismograph, Dorpat, Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia, Region 8
|Discovery of Current/Magnetism
*1907 Cinema Projection System, Bell&howell, USA, Region 4
|Oersted
*1907 Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Spangler, New Berlin, OH, USA, Region 2
|Denmark
*1910 Ni-Cd Battery, Jungner, Sweden, Region 8
|8
*1910 Radio Direction Finder, Bellini/Tosiboulogne, France Region 8
|Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
*1910 Tungsten Filament, Coolidge, Us 1
|-
*1911 Automobile Self Starter, Kettering, Dayton, OH, USA, Region 2
|1822
*1914 Electric Traffic Light, Benesch, Cleveland, OH, USA Region 2
|Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light
*1915 1st Transcontinental Telephone, Bell & Watson, San Francisco 6
|Augustin Fresnel
*1915 2nd Transcontinental Telephone, Bell & Watson, Washington, DC, USA 3
|Gironde River, France
*1916 Radio Telephone, Numerous, Arlington, Virginia 2
|8
*1916 Radio Telephone, Numerous, San Francisco 6
|Power Electronics Society, Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
*1917 Superheterodyne, Armstrong, Columbia University, New York City, Region 1
|-
*1917 Superheterodyne, Levy, France 8
|1824
*1917 VHF, Marconi, Wales, Region 8
|Electromagnet
*1918 Electric Refrigerator, Wales Et Al., Detroit, USA, Region 4
|Sturgeon
*1918 Practical AC Clock, Warren, Ashland, MA, USA, Region 1
|London, England
*1919 Neutrodyne Hazeltine, Hoboken, NJ, USA 1
|8
*1919 Permanent Electrostatic Fields, Eguchi, Japan, Region 10
|Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
*1921 Magnetron Hall, Schenectady, NY, USA 1
|-
*1923 PNJ Interconnection, Numerous, Valley, Forge, PA, USA 1
|1824
*1924 Stereo Phonography, Keller Bell, Labs 1
|Galvanometer
*1925 Cinemascope, Chretien, France, Region 8
|Ampere
*1925 Electrodynamic Loudspeaker, Numerous, Schenectady, NY, USA 1
|Paris, France
*1925 Quartz Crystal, Watch, Numerous New York 1
|8
*1926 All-electric Gramaphone, Brunswick Et, Chicago, USA 4
|Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society
*1926 Mechanical TV/1st TV License, Baird, London, England Region 8
|-
*1926 South Africa Lightning Research, Numerous, Capetown, South Africa, Region 8
|1824
*1927 1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) "The Jazz Singer", Numerous Inventors, Hollywood, USA, Region 6
|Thermocouple
*1927 All-electric Juke Box, Harrison, West Chicago, USA, Region 4
|Seebech
*1927 Differential Analyzer, Bush, Cambridge, MA, USA Region 1
|Berlin, Germany
*1927 Negative Feedback Amp, Black, Bell Labs, Region 1
|8
*1927 Pentode, Holst/Tellegen, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Region 8
|Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
*1927 Pop-up Toaster, Strite, Stillwater, MN, USA, Region 4
|-
*1927 Technicolor, Kalmus et al, Cambridge, MA, USA, Region 1
|1828
*1928 All-electronic TV, Farnsworth, USA, Region 6
|Electric Motor
*1928 Geiger Tube, Geiger/Mulletuebingen, Germany, Region 8
|Henry
*1929 Coaxial Cable, Numerous, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Albany, NY, USA
*1929 Electro-encephalogram, Berger, Jena, Germany, Region 8
|1
*1929 Electron Microscope, Knoll/Ruska, Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|Consumer Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Vehicular Technology Society
*1929 Recording Tape, Pfleumer, Austria, Region 8
|-
*1930 Fm, Armstrong, Columbia University, New York City, Region 1
|1828
*1931 Commercial Electric Guitar, Rickenbacker, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Region 6
|Ohm's Law/resistance
*1931 Crystal Microphone Sawyer, Cleveland Hts., OH, Region 2
|Ohm
*1931 Electric Razor, Schick, Stamford, CT, USA, Region 1
|Cologne, Germany
*1931 Iconoscope, Zworykin, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Region 2
|8
*1932 TVA, Numerous, Muscle Shoals, AL, Region 3
|
*1933 Wind Turbine Connected To Grid, Balaclava, Ukraine, Region 8
|-
*1934 "Tone Wheel" Electric Organ Hammond/Hane, Chicago, IL, USA, Region 4
|1830
*1934 Diesel-electric Traction, Kettering, Cleveland, OH, USA, Region 2
|Bimetallic Thermostat
*1934 Radio Beam Aerial Navigation, Plendl, Rechlin, Germany, Region 8
|Ure
*1935 Early Radar, Watson-watt, London, Region 8
|Glasgow, Scotland
*1935 IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter, numerous, Endicott, NY, USA, Region 1
|8
*1936 AEG "magnetophone" Rec. & Tape, Numerous, Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society
*1936 Boulder Dam, Numerous, Boulder City, NV, USA, Region 6
|-
*1938 Klystron, Varian brothers, Silicon Valley, CA, USA, Region 6
|1831
*1938 Xerography, Carlson, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Discovery of Induction
*1939 1st Electronic-digital Computerat, Anasoff/Beames, IA, USA, Region 4
|Faraday
*194? Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Felix Bloch, Edward Purcell, Stanford and Harvard, USA, Region 1 & 6
|London, England
*1941 Honeywell Electronic Autopilot Numerous Minneapolis, MN, USA, Region 4
|8
*1941 Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine, Putnam, Grandpa's Knob, VT, Region 1
|Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society
*1943 IBM Mark I, Numerous, Endicott, NY, USA, Region 1
|-
*1943 Special-purpose Electronic Computer (colossus), Newman/Flowers, Buckinghamshire, England, Region 8
|1833
*1946 Project Diana (ASC Electronics), Numerous Inventors, Wall, NJ, USA, Region 1
|Difference Engine
*1948 Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating, Libby Chicago, IL, USA, Region 4
|Babbage
*1948 Experimental Cable TV, Numerous Inventors, Oregon, USA, Region 6
|Cambridge, England
*1948 LP, Goldmark, CBS Laboratories, New York, USA, Region 1
|8
*1949 Electric Guitar Fender, Anaheim, CA, USA, Region 6
|Power Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
*1952 Cinerama, Numerous, New York, USA, Region 1
|-
*1952 Compiler, Hopper, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Region 1
|1833
*1952 Magnetic Core Memory, Wang, Harvard University, Region 1
|Electric Telegraph Key
*1952 Univac I, Mauchley/Eckert, Philadelphia,pa, USA, Region 2
|Gauss/weber
*1954 Regency Portable Transistor, Radpies & Koch, Indianapolis, In, USA Region 4
|Goettingen, Germany
*1956 Commercial Nuclear Power Generation, Shippingport, PA, USA Region 2
|8
*1956 Fortran Programming Language, Backus, New York Region 1
|Professional Communication Society, Information Theory Society, Power Electronics Society
*1956 IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core, Numerous, San Jose, CA, USA Region 6
|-
*1956 Atomichron, National Co. Inc, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA, Region 1 and IEEE UFFC Society
|1834
*1956 Flight Data Recorder ("black Box")
|Early Electric Light
*1957 Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Kouwenhoven & Knickerbocker &Jude &Safars, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A., Region 2
|Lindsay
*1958 TI Silicon Junction Transistor Teal (TI) Dallas, Tx, USA Region 5
|Dundee, Scotland
*1958 Van Allen Belts, Van Allen, Ames, IA, USA Region 4
|8
*1959 Point-to-point Microwave Radio, Numerous Vancouver, Canada, Region 7
|Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
*1959 Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled, Numerous Port Arthur, Tx, USA, Region 5
|-
*1959 Tunnel Diode, Esaki, Tokyo, Japan Region 10
|1836
*1960 COBOL, Numerous, Washington, DC, USA Region 2
|Electric Telegraph
*1962 GE LED, Numerous, Syracuse, NY, USA Region 1
|Cooke & Wheatsone
*1962 Implantable Pacemaker, Greatbach, Clarence, New York Region 1
|London, England
*1962 Unimation Industrial Robot, Numerous Danbury, Ma, USA Region 1
|8
*1963 Langmuir Lab, Numerous, New Mexico, Region 6
|Professional Communication Society, Information Theory Society, Power Electronics Society
*1963 Instant reply, Tony Verna, Philadelphia, Region 2
|-
*1964 Basic, Kurtz, Hanover, NH, USA Region 1
|1837
*1964 IBM 360, Numerous, Endicott, NY, USA Region 1
|Analytical Engine
*1964 Laser Holography, Numerous Inventors, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Region 4
|Babbage
*1964 Voltage-controlled Music Synth, Moog, Trumansburg, NY, USA, Region 1
|London, England
*1965 PDP-8, Numerous, Boston, MA, USA, Region 1  
|8
*1965 Affordable Home Smoke Detector, Lakewood, Colorado, USA, Region 5
|Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
*1967 Dolby Sound, Dolby, London, England, Region 1
|-
*1967 Viterbi Algorithm, California, USA, Region 6
|1837
*197? Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) scans, Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfeld, England, Region 8
|Practical Electric Motor
*1970 Pascal Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland, Region 8
|Davenport
*1970 Codd's Relational Database Paper, San Jose, CA, USA, Region 6
|Rutland, VT, USA
*1971 Intel 4004, Grove et al., Silicon Valley, USA, Region 6
|1
*1971 Microprocessor, Hoff et al., Silicon Valley, USA, Region 6
|Consumer Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Vehicular Technology
*1972 Cochlear Implant, Graeme Clark, Australia, Region 10
|-
*1972 Space War: "1st Computer Game,", Brand, Stanford University, USA, Region 6
|1840
*1972 Xerox Alto, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Region 6
|Electroplating
*1973 Ethernet, Metcalfe, Et Palo Alto, CA, USA, Region 6
|Wright
*1974 First PCs (Scelbi-8h, Mark-8, A), Numerous, Englewood, NJ, USA, Region 1
|Birmingham, England
*1979 Oracle Database, Menlo Park, CA, USA Region 6
|8
*1980 Mandelbrot article on fractals, Mandlebrot, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Region 1
|Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society
*1981 Scanning Tunneling Microscope, IBM Labs, Zurich, Switzerland, Region 8
|-
*1982 Sun 1, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Region 6
|1840
|First program
|Ada Augusta
|London, England
|8
|Computer Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1844
|Washington-Baltimore Telegraph
|Morse
|Maryland, USA
|2
|Information Theory Society, Power Electronics Society, Professional Communication Society
|-
|1850
|Kirchoff's Laws
|Kirchoff
|Koenigsberg, Germany
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1854
|Electric Loom
|Bonelli
|Turin, Italy
|8
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1854
|Printing Telegraph
|Hughes
|Kentucky, USA
|3
|Professional Communications Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1856
|Shuttle-wound Armature
|Von Siemens
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1859
|Discovery of Cathode Rays
|Pluker
|Bonn, Germany
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1859
|Storage Battery
|Plante
|France
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1860
|Arc Welding
|Wilde
|London
|8
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|1868
|Primary Dry Cell
|Leclanche
|France
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1873
|DC Generator/lighthouses
|Gramme
|Belgium
|8
|Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|1874
|Early Electric Car
|Salomans
|Kent, England
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
|-
|1875
|Electric Dental Drill
|Green
|Kalamazoo, MI, USA
|4
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1877
|Dynamic Microphone
|Curtis/Reddi
|Boston
|1
|Professional Communication Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1877
|Dynamic Microphone
|Siemens
|Germany
|8
|Professional Communication Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1877
|Resistance Welding
|Thompson
|Philadelphia, Pa, USA
|2
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1877
|Telephone Switchboard
|Holmes
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|Professional Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1878
|Alternator
|Gramme/Fonta
|France
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1878
|Alternator
|Siemens
|Germany
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1879
|Commercial Use of Arc-lighting
|Brush
|Cleveland, Oh, USA
|2
|Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1880
|Contributions of Lewis Latimer
|Latimer
|New York
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1880
|Early Hydroelectric Site
|Numerous
|Grand Rapids, MI, USA
|4
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Magetics Society
|-
|1880
|First Electrically Lit Town
|Numerous
|Wabash, Indiana
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1881
|Commercial Music Over Wire
|Cahill
|Holyoke, Mass., USA
|1
|Professional Communication Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1881
|Solar-powered Pump
|Adams
|Bombay, India
|10
|Power and Energy Society, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
|-
|1881
|Transformer
|Gaulard/Gibb
|Paris, France
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society, Industrial Electronics Societey
|-
|1882
|Elektromote Trackless Car
|Von Siemens
|Halensee, Germany
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1882
|Commercial Electric Fan
|Crocker/Curt
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1882
|Early Hydroelectric Site
|Brush
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|4
|Power Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1882
|Early Hydroelectric Site
|Calder/Barre
|Surrey, England
|8
|Power Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1882
|Electric Iron
|Seely
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1882
|Electric Mine Railway
|Von Siemens
|Saxony, Germany
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1885
|Magnetic Circuit Theory
|Hopkinson
|London, England
|8
|Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1885
|Mass Production of Edison Lamps
|Thomson
|Lynn, Ma
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1886
|Bayonet Cap Light Bulb
|Swan
|Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
|8
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1886
|Electric Heater
|Burton
|Richmond, VA, USA
|3
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1886
|Electric Submarine
|Peral
|Spain
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Power Electronics Society, Oceanic Engineering Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
|-
|1886
|Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium
|Hall
|Oberlin, OH, USA
|2
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1886
|Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium
|Herault
|Paris, France
|8
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1886
|First Electric Trolley System
|Numerous people
|Montgomery, AL, USA
|3
|Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
|-
|1887
|Electric Elevator
|Von Siemens
|Mannheim, Germany
|8
|Power Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1888
|AC Induction Motor
|Tesla
|New York
|1
|Vehicular Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1888
|AC Induction Motor
|Ferraris
|Turin, Italy
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1889
|Automatic Telephone Exchange
|Strowger
|Kansas City, MO, USA
|4
|Professional Communication Society, Consumer Electronic Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1889
|Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant
|Numerous
|Minas Gerais, Brazil
|9
|Power and Energy Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1890
|Electric Motor Car
|Morrison
|Des Moines, Iowa
|4
|Vehicular Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1890
|High-frequency Generator
|Thomson
|Chicago, USA
|4
|Power and Energy Society, Magnetics Society
|-
|1890
|Long-distance AC Transmission
|Numerous Inventors
|Williamette Falls, Or
|6
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1890
|Punched-card Machine
|Holerith
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|Computer Society, Power Electronics Society, Computational Intelligence Society
|-
|1892
|Lorentz Paper On The Electron
|Lorentz
|Benelux section
|8
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1893
|Coney Island Electric Escalator
|Reno
|Brooklyn, NY, USA
|1
|Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1895
|X-rays
|Roentgen
|Wuerzburg, Germany
|8
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
|-
|1897
|CRT
|Braun
|Strausbourg, Germany
|8
|Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1897
|Discovery of Electron
|Thomson
|Cambridge, England
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1899
|Loading Coil
|Pupin
|At&t,  
|1
|Power and Energy Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1899
|Magnetic Recording
|Poulsen
|Denmark
|8
|Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1901
|Electric Typewriter
|Cahill
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1901
|Mercury Discharge Lamp
|Cooper
|Hewit, NY, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1902
|Early Broadcast
|Stubblefield
|Murphy, KY, USA
|3
|Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|1902
|Oscilloscope
|Ryan
|Ithaca, NY, USA
|1
|Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1902
|George Darby's Patent For Electrical Heat And Smoke Detector
|Birmingham
|England
|8
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
|-
|1904
|Transposition of AC lines
|Frank Fowle
|New York, NY
|1
|Power and Energy Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1906
|Crystal Detector
|Dunwoody/Pic
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1906
|Crystal Detector
|Braun
|Germany
|8
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1906
|Sound Film
|Lauste
|Brixton, England
|8
|
|-
|1906
|Telephone Amplifier Tube
|Von Lieben
|Vienna, Austria
|8
|
|-
|1906
|Triode
|DeForrest
|US
|1
|
|-
|1906
|Electromagnetic Seismograph
|Dorpat
|Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia
|8
|
|-
|1907
|Cinema Projection System
|Bell and Howell
|USA
|4
|
|-
|1907
|Upright Vacuum Cleaner
|Spangler
|New Berlin, OH, USA
|2
|
|-
|1910
|Ni-Cd Battery
|Jungner
|Sweden
|8
|
|-
|1910
|Radio Direction Finder
|Bellini/Tosiboulogne
|France
|8
|
|-
|1910
|Tungsten Filament
|Coolidge
|Us
|1
|
|-
|1911
|Automobile Self Starter
|Kettering
|Dayton, OH, USA
|2
|
|-
|1914
|Electric Traffic Light
|Benesch
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|
|-
|1915
|1st Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|San Francisco
|6
|
|-
|1915
|2nd Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|Washington, DC, USA
|3
|
|-
|1916
|Radio Telephone
|Numerous
|Arlington, Virginia
|2
|
|-
|1916
|Radio Telephone
|Numerous
|San Francisco
|6
|
|-
|1917
|Superheterodyne
|Armstrong
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|
|-
|1917
|Superheterodyne
|Levy
|France
|8
|
|-
|1917
|VHF
|Marconi
|Wales
|8
|
|-
|1918
|Electric Refrigerator
|Wales Et Al.
|Detroit, USA
|4
|
|-
|1918
|Practical AC Clock
|Warren
|Ashland, MA, USA
|1
|
|-
|1919
|Neutrodyne Hazeltine
|Hoboken
|NJ, USA
|1
|
|-
|1919
|Permanent Electrostatic Fields
|Eguchi
|Japan
|10
|
|-
|1921
|Magnetron
|Hall
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|Magnetics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
|-
|1921
|Graphical Calculator for power transmission computations
|Edith Clarke
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1923
|PNJ Interconnection
|Numerous
|Valley, Forge, PA, USA
|1
|Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
|-
|1924
|Stereo Phonography
|Keller
|Bell Labs
|1
|
|-
|1925
|Cinemascope
|Chretien
|France
|8
|
|-
|1925
|Electrodynamic Loudspeaker
|Numerous
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1925
|Quartz Crystal Watch
|Numerous
|New York
|1
|
|-
|1926
|All-electric Gramaphone
|Brunswick
|Chicago, USA
|4
|
|-
|1926
|Mechanical TV/1st TV License
|Baird
|London, England
|8
|
|-
|1926
|South Africa Lightning Research
|Numerous
|Capetown, South Africa
|8
|
|-
|1927
|1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) The Jazz Singer
|Numerous Inventors
|Hollywood, USA
|6
|
|-
|1927
|All-electric Juke Box
|Harrison
|WestChicago, USA
|4
|
|-
|1927
|Differential Analyzer
|Bush
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|
|-
|1927
|Negative Feedback Amp
|Black
|Bell Labs
|1
|
|-
|1927
|Pentode
|Holst/Tellegen
|Eindhoven, Netherlands
|8
|
|-
|1927
|Pop-up Toaster
|Strite
|Stillwater, MN, USA
|4
|
|-
|1927
|Technicolor
|Kalmusetal
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|
|-
|1928
|All-electronic TV
|Farnsworth
|USA
|6
|
|-
|1928
|Geiger Tube
|Geiger/Mulletuebingen
|Germany
|8
|
|-
|1929
|Coaxial Cable
|Numerous
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1929
|Electro-encephalogram
|Berger
|Jena, Germany
|8
|
|-
|1929
|Electron Microscope
|Knoll/Ruska
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|
|-
|1929
|Recording Tape
|Pfleumer
|Austria,  
|8
|
|-
|1930
|Fm
|Armstrong
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|
|-
|1931
|Commercial Electric Guitar
|Rickenbacker
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1931
|Crystal Microphone
|Sawyer
|Cleveland Hts., OH, USA
|2
|
|-
|1931
|Electric Razor
|Schick
|Stamford, CT, USA
|1
|
|-
|1931
|Iconoscope
|Zworykin
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
|2
|
|-
|1932
|TVA
|Numerous
|Muscle Shoals, AL
|3
|
|-
|1933
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid
|
|Balaclava, Ukraine
|8
|
|-
|1934
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ
|Hammond/Hane
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|
|-
|1934
|Diesel-electric Traction
|Kettering
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|
|-
|1934
|Radio Beam Aerial Navigation
|Plendl
|Rechlin, Germany
|8
|
|-
|1935
|Early Radar
|Watson-Watt
|London, England
|8
|
|-
|1935
|IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter
|numerous
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1936
|AEG magnetophone Rec. & Tape
|Numerous
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|
|-
|1936
|Boulder Dam
|Numerous
|Boulder City, NV, USA
|6
|
|-
|1938
|Klystron
|Varian brothers
|Silicon Valley, CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1938
|Xerography
|Carlson
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1939
|1st Electronic-digital Computerat
|Anasoff/Beames
|IA, USA
|4
|
|-
|194?
|Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|Felix Bloch, Edward Purcell
|Stanford and Harvard, USA
|1
|
|-
|1941
|Honeywell Electronic Autopilot
|Numerous
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|4
|
|-
|1941
|Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine
|Putnam
|Grandpa's Knob, VT
|1
|
|-
|1943
|IBM Mark I
|Numerous
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1948
|Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating
|Libby
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society
|-
|1948
|Experimental Cable TV
|Numerous Inventors
|Oregon, USA
|6
|Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society, Society on Social Implications of Technology
|-
|1948
|LP
|Goldmark
|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1949
|Electric Guitar
|Fender
|Anaheim, CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1952
|Cinerama
|Numerous
|New York, USA
|1
|
|-
|1952
|Compiler
|Hopper
|Eckert-Mauchly Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA
|1
|
|-
|1952
|Magnetic Core Memory
|Wang
|Harvard University,
|1
|
|-
|1952
|Univac I
|Mauchley/Eckert
|Philadelphia, pa, USA
|2
|
|-
|1954
|Regency Portable Transistor
|Radpies&Koch
|Indianapolis, In, USA
|4
|
|-
|1956
|Commercial Nuclear Power Generation
|Shippingport
|PA, USA
|2
|
|-
|1956
|Fortran Programming Language
|Backus
|New York,
|1
|
|-
|1956
|IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core
|Numerous
|SanJose, CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1956
|Atomichron
|National Co. Inc
|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
|1
|
|-
|1956
|Flight Data Recorder ("black Box")                                       
|Ryan
|University of Minnesota, MN, USA
|4
|
|-
|1957
|Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
|Kouwenhoven/Knickerbocker/Jude/Safars
|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
|2
|
|-
|1957
|Alkaline battery
|Lewis Urry
|Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
|2
|
|-
|1958
|TI Silicon Junction Transistor
|Teal
|TI, Dallas, TX, USA
|5
|
|-
|1958
|Van Allen Belts
|Van Allen
|Ames, IA, USA
|4
|
|-
|1959
|Point-to-point Microwave Radio
|Numerous
|Vancouver, Canada
|7
|
|-
|1959
|Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled
|Numerous
|Port Arthur, Tx, USA
|5
|
|-
|1959
|Tunnel Diode
|Esaki
|Tokyo, Japan
|10
|
|-
|1960
|COBOL
|Numerous
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|
|-
|1962
|GE Light Emitting Diode
|Numerous
|Syracuse, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1962
|Implantable Pacemaker
|Greatbach
|Clarence, NewYork
|1
|
|-
|1962
|Unimation Industrial Robot
|Numerous
|Danbury, Ma, USA
|1
|
|-
|1962
|Space War: 1st Computer Game
|Russell/Graetz/Wiitanen
|Brand, Stanford University, USA
|6
|
|-
|1963
|Langmuir Lab
|Numerous
|New Mexico
|6
|
|-
|1963
|Instant replay
|Tony Verna
|Philadelphia
|2
|
|-
|1964
|IBM 360
|Numerous
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1964
|Laser Holography
|Numerous Inventors
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
|4
|
|-
|1964
|Voltage-controlled Music Synth
|Moog
|Trumansburg, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1965
|PDP-8
|Numerous
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|
|-
|1965
|Affordable Home Smoke Detector
|Lakewood
|Colorado, USA
|5
|
|-
|1967
|Dolby Sound
|Dolby
|London, England
|1
|
|-
|1967
|Viterbi Algorithm
|Viterbi
|California, USA
|6
|
|-
|197?
|Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) scans
|Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfeld
|England
|8
|
|-
|1970
|Pascal
|Wirth
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|
|-
|1970
|Codd's Relational Database Paper
|Codd
|San Jose, CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1971
|Intel 4004
|Grove et al.
|Silicon Valley, USA
|6
|Solid State Circuits Society, Robotics and Automation Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1971
|Microprocessor
|Hoff et al.
|Silicon Valley, USA
|6
|Solid State Circuits Society, Robotics and Automation Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1972
|Cochlear Implant
|Graeme/Clark
|Australia
|10
|Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; Signal Processing Society, Social Implications of Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1973
|Ethernet
|Metcalfe
|EtPaloAlto, CA, USA
|6
|Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Professional Communication Society
|-
|1974
|First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A)
|Numerous
|Englewood, NJ, USA
|1
|
|-
|1979
|Oracle Database
|Ellison
|Menlo Park, CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1979, 1980
|Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
|Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino
|Oxford and Grenoble
|8
|
|-
|1980
|Mandelbrot article on fractals
|Mandlebrot
|Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
|1
|
|-
|1981
|Scanning Tunneling Microscope
|IBM Labs
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|
|-
|1982
|Sun 1
|Palo Alto
|CA, USA
|6
|
|-
|1990
|Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing)
|Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute
|New York City, USA
|1
|
|}

Revision as of 19:53, 10 December 2019

A suggestive list of technical achievements in IEEE's fields of interest which might be suitable for proposal as milestones. The Region number where the achievement took place is shown. This is by no means all of them, nor does an appearance on this list guarantee approval.  Please feel free to suggest others to ieee-history@ieee.org  -- or even better -- propose an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the Milestone Guidelines for more information on the milestone process.

There is also a list according to regions of milestones which have already been dedicated.

Australian IEEE Members have created a list of important technological events in Australia some of which might also be appropriate for proposal.

Last updated: 10 October 2019

Date Milestone Associated person Location IEEE Region Technical area/society
4th Century Bce Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, (could Also Be 1040-44, Book collection of Most Important Military Techniques, Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China) Wang Xu Defeng County, Henan, China 10 Magnetics Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1617 Napier's Bones Napier Edinburgh, Scotland 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
1621 Slide Rule Oughtred Albury, England 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1623 Mechanical Calculator Schichard Tuebingen, Germany 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
1642 Advanced Calculator Pascal Paris or Rouen, France 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
1671 Reliable Calculator Liebniz Mainz, Germany 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1729 Discovery of Conduction Gray London 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
1745 "Leyden Jar" type Capacitator Ewald G. von Kleist Germany 8 Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
1746 Leyden Jar Pieter van Musschenbroek and others, debatable precedence Leyden, Netherlands, also Germany 8 Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
1790 Galvanism Galvani Bologna, Italy 8 Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
1808 Arc Lighting Davy England 8 Electron Devices Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1810 Electrolytic Telegraph Von Sommering Munich, Germany 8 Signal Processing Society, Professional Communication Society, Information Theory Society, Broadcast Technology Society
1819 Discovery of Current/Magnetism Oersted Denmark 8 Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
1822 Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light Augustin Fresnel Gironde River, France 8 Power Electronics Society, Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1824 Electromagnet Sturgeon London, England 8 Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
1824 Galvanometer Ampere Paris, France 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society
1824 Thermocouple Seebech Berlin, Germany 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
1828 Electric Motor Henry Albany, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1828 Ohm's Law/resistance Ohm Cologne, Germany 8
1830 Bimetallic Thermostat Ure Glasgow, Scotland 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1831 Discovery of Induction Faraday London, England 8 Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society
1833 Difference Engine Babbage Cambridge, England 8 Power Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
1833 Electric Telegraph Key Gauss/weber Goettingen, Germany 8 Professional Communication Society, Information Theory Society, Power Electronics Society
1834 Early Electric Light Lindsay Dundee, Scotland 8 Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1836 Electric Telegraph Cooke & Wheatsone London, England 8 Professional Communication Society, Information Theory Society, Power Electronics Society
1837 Analytical Engine Babbage London, England 8 Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1837 Practical Electric Motor Davenport Rutland, VT, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Vehicular Technology
1840 Electroplating Wright Birmingham, England 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society
1840 First program Ada Augusta London, England 8 Computer Society, Power Electronics Society
1844 Washington-Baltimore Telegraph Morse Maryland, USA 2 Information Theory Society, Power Electronics Society, Professional Communication Society
1850 Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff Koenigsberg, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
1854 Electric Loom Bonelli Turin, Italy 8 Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1854 Printing Telegraph Hughes Kentucky, USA 3 Professional Communications Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1856 Shuttle-wound Armature Von Siemens Berlin, Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society
1859 Discovery of Cathode Rays Pluker Bonn, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1859 Storage Battery Plante France 8 Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1860 Arc Welding Wilde London 8 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1868 Primary Dry Cell Leclanche France 8 Electron Devices Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1873 DC Generator/lighthouses Gramme Belgium 8 Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1874 Early Electric Car Salomans Kent, England 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
1875 Electric Dental Drill Green Kalamazoo, MI, USA 4 Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1877 Dynamic Microphone Curtis/Reddi Boston 1 Professional Communication Society, Power Electronics Society
1877 Dynamic Microphone Siemens Germany 8 Professional Communication Society, Power Electronics Society
1877 Resistance Welding Thompson Philadelphia, Pa, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society
1877 Telephone Switchboard Holmes Boston, MA, USA 1 Professional Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1878 Alternator Gramme/Fonta France 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
1878 Alternator Siemens Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
1879 Commercial Use of Arc-lighting Brush Cleveland, Oh, USA 2 Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1880 Contributions of Lewis Latimer Latimer New York 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1880 Early Hydroelectric Site Numerous Grand Rapids, MI, USA 4 Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Magetics Society
1880 First Electrically Lit Town Numerous Wabash, Indiana 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Power Electronics Society
1881 Commercial Music Over Wire Cahill Holyoke, Mass., USA 1 Professional Communication Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Signal Processing Society
1881 Solar-powered Pump Adams Bombay, India 10 Power and Energy Society, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
1881 Transformer Gaulard/Gibb Paris, France 8 Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society, Industrial Electronics Societey
1882 Elektromote Trackless Car Von Siemens Halensee, Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1882 Commercial Electric Fan Crocker/Curt New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1882 Early Hydroelectric Site Brush Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 Power Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1882 Early Hydroelectric Site Calder/Barre Surrey, England 8 Power Electronics Society, Magnetics Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1882 Electric Iron Seely New York, NY, USA 1 Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1882 Electric Mine Railway Von Siemens Saxony, Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1885 Magnetic Circuit Theory Hopkinson London, England 8 Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1885 Mass Production of Edison Lamps Thomson Lynn, Ma 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1886 Bayonet Cap Light Bulb Swan Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 8 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1886 Electric Heater Burton Richmond, VA, USA 3 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1886 Electric Submarine Peral Spain 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Power Electronics Society, Oceanic Engineering Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium Hall Oberlin, OH, USA 2 Electron Devices Society
1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium Herault Paris, France 8 Electron Devices Society
1886 First Electric Trolley System Numerous people Montgomery, AL, USA 3 Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
1887 Electric Elevator Von Siemens Mannheim, Germany 8 Power Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1888 AC Induction Motor Tesla New York 1 Vehicular Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1888 AC Induction Motor Ferraris Turin, Italy 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1889 Automatic Telephone Exchange Strowger Kansas City, MO, USA 4 Professional Communication Society, Consumer Electronic Society, Signal Processing Society
1889 Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant Numerous Minas Gerais, Brazil 9 Power and Energy Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1890 Electric Motor Car Morrison Des Moines, Iowa 4 Vehicular Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1890 High-frequency Generator Thomson Chicago, USA 4 Power and Energy Society, Magnetics Society
1890 Long-distance AC Transmission Numerous Inventors Williamette Falls, Or 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1890 Punched-card Machine Holerith Washington, DC, USA 2 Computer Society, Power Electronics Society, Computational Intelligence Society
1892 Lorentz Paper On The Electron Lorentz Benelux section 8 Electron Devices Society
1893 Coney Island Electric Escalator Reno Brooklyn, NY, USA 1 Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1895 X-rays Roentgen Wuerzburg, Germany 8 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
1897 CRT Braun Strausbourg, Germany 8 Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1897 Discovery of Electron Thomson Cambridge, England 8 Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
1899 Loading Coil Pupin At&t, 1 Power and Energy Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1899 Magnetic Recording Poulsen Denmark 8 Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
1901 Electric Typewriter Cahill Washington, DC, USA 2 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1901 Mercury Discharge Lamp Cooper Hewit, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1902 Early Broadcast Stubblefield Murphy, KY, USA 3 Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
1902 Oscilloscope Ryan Ithaca, NY, USA 1 Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1902 George Darby's Patent For Electrical Heat And Smoke Detector Birmingham England 8 Consumer Electronics Society, Power Electronics Society
1904 Transposition of AC lines Frank Fowle New York, NY 1 Power and Energy Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1906 Crystal Detector Dunwoody/Pic Washington, DC, USA 2 Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1906 Crystal Detector Braun Germany 8 Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1906 Sound Film Lauste Brixton, England 8
1906 Telephone Amplifier Tube Von Lieben Vienna, Austria 8
1906 Triode DeForrest US 1
1906 Electromagnetic Seismograph Dorpat Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia 8
1907 Cinema Projection System Bell and Howell USA 4
1907 Upright Vacuum Cleaner Spangler New Berlin, OH, USA 2
1910 Ni-Cd Battery Jungner Sweden 8
1910 Radio Direction Finder Bellini/Tosiboulogne France 8
1910 Tungsten Filament Coolidge Us 1
1911 Automobile Self Starter Kettering Dayton, OH, USA 2
1914 Electric Traffic Light Benesch Cleveland, OH, USA 2
1915 1st Transcontinental Telephone Bell and Watson San Francisco 6
1915 2nd Transcontinental Telephone Bell and Watson Washington, DC, USA 3
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous Arlington, Virginia 2
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous San Francisco 6
1917 Superheterodyne Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1
1917 Superheterodyne Levy France 8
1917 VHF Marconi Wales 8
1918 Electric Refrigerator Wales Et Al. Detroit, USA 4
1918 Practical AC Clock Warren Ashland, MA, USA 1
1919 Neutrodyne Hazeltine Hoboken NJ, USA 1
1919 Permanent Electrostatic Fields Eguchi Japan 10
1921 Magnetron Hall Schenectady, NY, USA 1 Magnetics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
1921 Graphical Calculator for power transmission computations Edith Clarke Schenectady, NY, USA 1 Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1923 PNJ Interconnection Numerous Valley, Forge, PA, USA 1 Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
1924 Stereo Phonography Keller Bell Labs 1
1925 Cinemascope Chretien France 8
1925 Electrodynamic Loudspeaker Numerous Schenectady, NY, USA 1
1925 Quartz Crystal Watch Numerous New York 1
1926 All-electric Gramaphone Brunswick Chicago, USA 4
1926 Mechanical TV/1st TV License Baird London, England 8
1926 South Africa Lightning Research Numerous Capetown, South Africa 8
1927 1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) The Jazz Singer Numerous Inventors Hollywood, USA 6
1927 All-electric Juke Box Harrison WestChicago, USA 4
1927 Differential Analyzer Bush Cambridge, MA, USA 1
1927 Negative Feedback Amp Black Bell Labs 1
1927 Pentode Holst/Tellegen Eindhoven, Netherlands 8
1927 Pop-up Toaster Strite Stillwater, MN, USA 4
1927 Technicolor Kalmusetal Cambridge, MA, USA 1
1928 All-electronic TV Farnsworth USA 6
1928 Geiger Tube Geiger/Mulletuebingen Germany 8
1929 Coaxial Cable Numerous New York, NY, USA 1
1929 Electro-encephalogram Berger Jena, Germany 8
1929 Electron Microscope Knoll/Ruska Berlin, Germany 8
1929 Recording Tape Pfleumer Austria, 8
1930 Fm Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1
1931 Commercial Electric Guitar Rickenbacker Los Angeles, CA, USA 6
1931 Crystal Microphone Sawyer Cleveland Hts., OH, USA 2
1931 Electric Razor Schick Stamford, CT, USA 1
1931 Iconoscope Zworykin Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2
1932 TVA Numerous Muscle Shoals, AL 3
1933 Wind Turbine Connected To Grid Balaclava, Ukraine 8
1934 Tone Wheel Electric Organ Hammond/Hane Chicago, IL, USA 4
1934 Diesel-electric Traction Kettering Cleveland, OH, USA 2
1934 Radio Beam Aerial Navigation Plendl Rechlin, Germany 8
1935 Early Radar Watson-Watt London, England 8
1935 IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1
1936 AEG magnetophone Rec. & Tape Numerous Berlin, Germany 8
1936 Boulder Dam Numerous Boulder City, NV, USA 6
1938 Klystron Varian brothers Silicon Valley, CA, USA 6
1938 Xerography Carlson New York, NY, USA 1
1939 1st Electronic-digital Computerat Anasoff/Beames IA, USA 4
194? Magnetic Resonance Imaging Felix Bloch, Edward Purcell Stanford and Harvard, USA 1
1941 Honeywell Electronic Autopilot Numerous Minneapolis, MN, USA 4
1941 Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine Putnam Grandpa's Knob, VT 1
1943 IBM Mark I Numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1
1948 Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating Libby Chicago, IL, USA 4 Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society
1948 Experimental Cable TV Numerous Inventors Oregon, USA 6 Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society, Society on Social Implications of Technology
1948 LP Goldmark CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1949 Electric Guitar Fender Anaheim, CA, USA 6
1952 Cinerama Numerous New York, USA 1
1952 Compiler Hopper Eckert-Mauchly Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA 1
1952 Magnetic Core Memory Wang Harvard University, 1
1952 Univac I Mauchley/Eckert Philadelphia, pa, USA 2
1954 Regency Portable Transistor Radpies&Koch Indianapolis, In, USA 4
1956 Commercial Nuclear Power Generation Shippingport PA, USA 2
1956 Fortran Programming Language Backus New York, 1
1956 IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core Numerous SanJose, CA, USA 6
1956 Atomichron National Co. Inc Melrose, Massachusetts, USA 1
1956 Flight Data Recorder ("black Box") Ryan University of Minnesota, MN, USA 4
1957 Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation Kouwenhoven/Knickerbocker/Jude/Safars Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. 2
1957 Alkaline battery Lewis Urry Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. 2
1958 TI Silicon Junction Transistor Teal TI, Dallas, TX, USA 5
1958 Van Allen Belts Van Allen Ames, IA, USA 4
1959 Point-to-point Microwave Radio Numerous Vancouver, Canada 7
1959 Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled Numerous Port Arthur, Tx, USA 5
1959 Tunnel Diode Esaki Tokyo, Japan 10
1960 COBOL Numerous Washington, DC, USA 2
1962 GE Light Emitting Diode Numerous Syracuse, NY, USA 1
1962 Implantable Pacemaker Greatbach Clarence, NewYork 1
1962 Unimation Industrial Robot Numerous Danbury, Ma, USA 1
1962 Space War: 1st Computer Game Russell/Graetz/Wiitanen Brand, Stanford University, USA 6
1963 Langmuir Lab Numerous New Mexico 6
1963 Instant replay Tony Verna Philadelphia 2
1964 IBM 360 Numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1
1964 Laser Holography Numerous Inventors Ann Arbor, MI, USA 4
1964 Voltage-controlled Music Synth Moog Trumansburg, NY, USA 1
1965 PDP-8 Numerous Boston, MA, USA 1
1965 Affordable Home Smoke Detector Lakewood Colorado, USA 5
1967 Dolby Sound Dolby London, England 1
1967 Viterbi Algorithm Viterbi California, USA 6
197? Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) scans Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfeld England 8
1970 Pascal Wirth Zurich, Switzerland 8
1970 Codd's Relational Database Paper Codd San Jose, CA, USA 6
1971 Intel 4004 Grove et al. Silicon Valley, USA 6 Solid State Circuits Society, Robotics and Automation Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1971 Microprocessor Hoff et al. Silicon Valley, USA 6 Solid State Circuits Society, Robotics and Automation Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1972 Cochlear Implant Graeme/Clark Australia 10 Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; Signal Processing Society, Social Implications of Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1973 Ethernet Metcalfe EtPaloAlto, CA, USA 6 Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Professional Communication Society
1974 First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A) Numerous Englewood, NJ, USA 1
1979 Oracle Database Ellison Menlo Park, CA, USA 6
1979, 1980 Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino Oxford and Grenoble 8
1980 Mandelbrot article on fractals Mandlebrot Yorktown Heights, NY, USA 1
1981 Scanning Tunneling Microscope IBM Labs Zurich, Switzerland 8
1982 Sun 1 Palo Alto CA, USA 6
1990 Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing) Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute New York City, USA 1