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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.  The technical area/society given is for suggestion only; it does not restrict the achievement to that society. Multiple societies may cosponsor milestone proposals. 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.


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|4th Century Bce
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|Defeng County, Henan, China
|Defeng County, Henan, China
|10
|10
|Magnetics Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Vehicular Technology Society
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|1617
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|Edinburgh, Scotland
|Edinburgh, Scotland
|8
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
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|-
|1621
|1621
|Slide Rule Oughtred
|Slide Rule
|Albury
|Oughtred
|England
|Albury, England
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|8
|Computer Society
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|Tuebingen, Germany
|Tuebingen, Germany
|8
|8
|Computer Society
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|1642
|1642
|Advanced Calculator Pascal
|Advanced Calculator  
|Paris
|Pascal
|France
|Paris or Rouen, France
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|8
|Computer Society
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|1671
|Reliable Calculator  
|Reliable Calculator  
|Liebniz Mainz
|Liebniz  
|Germany
|Mainz, Germany
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|8
|Computer Society
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|1729
|1729
|Discovery of Conduction Gray London
|Discovery of Conduction
|Gray
|Gray
|London
|London
|8
|8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
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|1745
|"Leyden Jar" type Capacitator
|Ewald G. von Kleist
|Germany
|8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
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|-
|1746
|1746
|Leyden Jar
|Leyden Jar
|Unknown
|Pieter van Musschenbroek and others, debatable precedence
|Leyden, Netherlands
|Leyden, Netherlands, also Germany
|8
|8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
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|1790
|1790
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|Bologna, Italy
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|8
|Power and Energy Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
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|1808
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|England
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
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|1810
|1810
|Electrolytic Telegraph Von Sommerin
|Electrolytic Telegraph  
|Munich
|Von Sommering
|Germany
|Munich, Germany
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|8
|Communication Society
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|1819
|1820
|Discovery of Current/Magnetism
|Discovery of Electromagnetism
|Oersted
|Oersted
|Denmark
|Copenhagen, Denmark
|8
|Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society
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|1821
|Demonstration of electric motor
|Faraday
|London, England
|8
|Power and Energy Society
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|1822
|Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light
|Augustin Fresnel
|Gironde River, France
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|8
|Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
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|London, England
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|8
|Magnetics Society
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|1824
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|Paris, France
|8
|8
|Power Electronics Society
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|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
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|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
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|1828
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|Albany, NY, USA
|Albany, NY, USA
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|1
|Magnetics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
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|1828
|1828
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|Cologne, Germany
|Cologne, Germany
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society
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|1830
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|Glasgow, Scotland
|Glasgow, Scotland
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|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society
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|London, England
|London, England
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|8
|Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society
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|1833
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|Cambridge, England
|Cambridge, England
|8
|8
|Computer Society
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|1833
|1833
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|Goettingen, Germany
|Goettingen, Germany
|8
|8
|Communications Society
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|1834
|1834
|Early Electric Light Lindsay
|Early Electric Light  
|Dundee
|Lindsay
|Scotland
|Dundee, Scotland
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Consumer Electronics Society
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|-
|1836
|1836
|Electric Telegraph
|Electric Telegraph
|Cooke&Wheatsone
|Cooke & Wheatsone
|London, England
|London, England
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|8
|Communications Society
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|London, England
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|8
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|Rutland, VT, USA
|Rutland, VT, USA
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|1
|Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology
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|-
|1840
|1840
|Electroplating Wright
|Electroplating  
|Birmingham
|Wright
|England
|Birmingham, England
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|8
|Industry Applications
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|-
|1840
|1840
|First program
|First program
|AdaAugusta
|Ada Augusta
|London, England
|London, England
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|8
|Computer Society
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|2
|Communications Society
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|-
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|1850
|Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff
|Kirchoff's Laws  
|Koenigsberg
|Kirchoff
|Germany
|Koenigsberg, Germany
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
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|-
|1854
|1854
|Electric Loom Bonelli
|Electric Loom  
|Turin
|Bonelli
|Italy
|Turin, Italy
|8
|8
|Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
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|Kentucky, USA
|Kentucky, USA
|3
|3
|Communications Society
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|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
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|8
|Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
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|Bonn, Germany
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society
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|8
|Electron Devices Society
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|1860
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|London
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|8
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|Industry Applications
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|Early Generator
|Paccinotti
|Italy
|8
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|France
|8
|8
|Power Engineering Society
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|Belgium
|Belgium
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|8
|Photonics Society, PES, Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1874
|1874
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|Kent, England
|Kent, England
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society, Intelligent Transportation Society
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|-
|1875
|1875
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|Kalamazoo, MI, USA
|Kalamazoo, MI, USA
|4
|4
|Industrial Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
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|1877
|1877
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|Boston
|Boston
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|1
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|Broadcast Technology Society
|1877
|Dynamic Microphone
|Siemens
|Germany
|8
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|1877
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|Philadelphia, Pa, USA
|Philadelphia, Pa, USA
|2
|2
|Industry Applications
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|-
|1877
|1877
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|Boston, MA, USA
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|1
|Communications Society
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|1878
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|France
|France
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|8
|Power and Energy Society
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|1878
|1878
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|Germany
|Germany
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|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1879
|1879
|Commercial Use of Arc-lighting
|Commercial Use of Arc-lighting
|Brush
|Brush
|Cleveland, Oh, USA
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|2
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1880
|1880
|Contributions of Lewis  
|Contributions of Lewis Latimer
|Latimer
|Latimer
|New York
|New York
|1
|1
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1880
|1880
|Early Hydroelectric Site
|Early Hydroelectric Site
|Numerous
|Numerous
|GrandRapids, MI, USA
|Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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|4
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Magetics Society
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|-
|1880
|1880
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|Wabash, Indiana
|Wabash, Indiana
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|4
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1881
|1881
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|Holyoke, Mass., USA
|Holyoke, Mass., USA
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|1
|Broadcast Technology Society
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|-
|1881
|1881
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|Bombay, India
|Bombay, India
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|10
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1881
|1881
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|Paris, France
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|8
|Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society, Industrial Electronics Societey
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|-
|1882
|1882
|Elektromote Trackless Car
|Elektromote Trackless Car
|VonSiemens
|Von Siemens
|Halensee, Germany
|Halensee, Germany
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1882
|1882
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|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1882
|1882
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|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|4
|Power and Energy Society
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|1882
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|Surrey, England
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|8
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1882
|1882
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|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
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|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
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|-
|1882
|1882
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|Saxony, Germany
|8
|8
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1885
|1885
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|London, England
|8
|8
|Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
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|-
|1885
|1885
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|Lynn, Ma
|Lynn, Ma
|1
|1
|Industry Applications Society, Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1886
|1886
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|Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
|8
|8
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
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|1886
|1886
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|Richmond, VA, USA
|Richmond, VA, USA
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|3
|Power and Energy Society
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|1886
|1886
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|Spain
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|8
|Oceanic Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1886
|1886
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|Oberlin, OH, USA
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|2
|Industry Applications Society
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|1886
|1886
|Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium
|Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium
|HeraultParis
|Herault
|France
|Paris, France
|8
|8
|Industry Applications Society
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|1886
|1886
|First Electric Trolley System
|First Electric Trolley System
|Numerouspeople
|Numerous people
|Montgomery, AL, USA
|Montgomery, AL, USA
|3
|3
|Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1887
|1887
|Electric Elevator
|Electric Elevator
|VonSiemensMannheim
|Von Siemens
|Germany
|Mannheim, Germany
|8
|8
|Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1888
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|1
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|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
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|AC Induction Motor
|Ferraris
|Turin, Italy
|8
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|-
|1889
|1889
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|Kansas City, MO, USA
|Kansas City, MO, USA
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|4
|Communications Society
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|1889
|1889
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|9
|Power and Energy Society
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|1890
|1890
|Electric Motor Car
|Electric Motor Car
|Morrison
|Morrison
|Des moines, Iowa
|Des Moines, Iowa
|4
|4
|Vehicular Technology Society
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|-
|1890
|1890
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|Chicago, USA
|4
|4
|Power and Energy Society, Magnetics Society
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|1890
|1890
|Long-distance AC Transmission
|Long-distance AC Transmission
|NumerousInventors
|Numerous Inventors
|Williamette Falls, Or
|Williamette Falls, Or
|6
|6
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1890
|1890
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|Washington, DC, USA
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|2
|Computer Society, Computational Intelligence Society
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|-
|1892
|1892
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|Benelux section
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|8
|Electron Devices Society
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|-
|1893
|1893
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|Brooklyn, NY, USA
|1
|1
|Power and Energy Society
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|-
|1895
|1895
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|Wuerzburg, Germany
|8
|8
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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|-
|1897
|1897
|CRT
|Cathode Ray Tube
|Braun
|Braun
|Strausbourg, Germany
|Strausbourg, Germany
|8
|8
|Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society
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|1897
|1897
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|Cambridge, England
|Cambridge, England
|8
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
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|1899
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|1
|Communications Society
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|1899
|1899
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|Denmark
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|8
|Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
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|1901
|1901
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|Washington, DC, USA
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|2
|Consumer Electronics Society, Professional Communications Society
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|1901
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|Hewit, NY, USA
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|1
|Power and Energy Society
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|1902
|1902
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|Murphy, KY, USA
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|3
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|1902
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|Ithaca, NY, USA
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|1
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|1902
|1902
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|England  
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|8
|Consumer Electronics Society
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|1904
|Transposition of AC lines
|Frank Fowle
|New York, NY
|1
|Power and Energy Society
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|1906
|1906
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|Washington, DC, USA
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|2
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
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|1906
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|Germany
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|8
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
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|1906
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|Brixton, England
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|8
|Communications Society
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|1906
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|Vienna, Austria
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|8
|Communications Society
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|US
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|1
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|1906
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|8
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|USA
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|New Berlin, OH, USA
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|1910
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|1910
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|France  
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|1910
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|1911
|1911
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|Dayton, OH, USA
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|2
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|1914
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|Cleveland, OH, USA
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|2
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|1915
|1915
|1st Transcontinental Telephone
|Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|Bell and Watson
|San Francisco
|San Francisco
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|3 and 6
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|Communications Society
|1915
|2nd Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|Washington, DC, USA
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|1916
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|1916
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|1917
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|Columbia University, New York City
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|1
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|1917
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|France
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|1917
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|Ashland, MA, USA
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|Hall
|Schenectady, NY, USA
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|1921
|1921
|Magnetron Hall
|Graphical Calculator for power transmission computations
|Schenectady
|Edith Clarke
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|Schenectady, NY, USA
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|Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
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|Valley, Forge, PA, USA
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|1924
|Stereo Phonography
|Stereo Phonography
|KellerBell
|Keller
|Labs
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|1
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|France
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|1925
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|Schenectady, NY, USA
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|1925
|Quartz Crystal Watch
|Numerous
|New York
|1
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|1926
|1926
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|Chicago, USA
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|London, England
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|Capetown, South Africa
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|8
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|Hollywood, USA
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|WestChicago, USA
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|Cambridge, MA, USA
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|Eindhoven, Netherlands
|Eindhoven, Netherlands
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|Stillwater, MN, USA
|Stillwater, MN, USA
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|Cambridge, MA, USA
|Cambridge, MA, USA
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|USA
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|Germany
|8
|8
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|1929
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|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|Jena, Germany
|Jena, Germany
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|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|8
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|1930
|1930
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|Columbia University, New York City
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|1
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|1931
|1931
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|Los Angeles, CA, USA
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
|6
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|1931
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|Cleveland Hts., OH, USA
|Cleveland Hts., OH, USA
|2
|2
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|1931
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|Stamford, CT, USA
|Stamford, CT, USA
|1
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|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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|1932
|1932
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|Muscle Shoals, AL
|Muscle Shoals, AL
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|1933
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid
|Balaclava
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|Ukraine
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|8
|8
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|1934
|1934
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ Hammond/Hane
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ  
|Chicago
|Hammond/Hane
|IL, USA
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|4
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|1934
|1934
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|Cleveland, OH, USA
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|2
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|1934
|1934
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|Rechlin, Germany
|Rechlin, Germany
|8
|8
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|1935
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|London, England
|London, England
|8
|8
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|1935
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|Endicott, NY, USA
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|1936
|1936
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|Berlin, Germany
|Berlin, Germany
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|Boulder City, NV, USA
|Boulder City, NV, USA
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|6
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|1938
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|Silicon Valley, CA, USA
|Silicon Valley, CA, USA
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|1938
|1938
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|New York, NY, USA
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|1939
|1939
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|IA, USA
|IA, USA
|4
|4
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|194?
|194?
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|Stanford and Harvard, USA
|Stanford and Harvard, USA
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|1941
|1941
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|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
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|1941
|1941
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|Grandpa's Knob, VT
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|1943
|1943
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|Endicott, NY, USA
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|1943
|Special-purpose Electronic Computer (colossus)
|Newman/Flowers
|Buckinghamshire, England
|8
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|1946
|Project Diana (ASC Electronics)
|Numerous Inventors
|Wall, NJ, USA
|1
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|1948
|1948
Line 959: Line 1,099:
|Chicago, IL, USA
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|4
|Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society
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|1948
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|Oregon, USA
|Oregon, USA
|6
|6
|Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society, Society on Social Implications of Technology
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|1948
|1948
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|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA
|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA
|1
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
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|1949
|1949
|Electric Guitar Fender
|Electric Guitar  
|Anaheim
|Fender
|CA, USA
|Anaheim, CA, USA
|6
|6
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|1952
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|New York, USA
|New York, USA
|1
|1
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|1952
|1952
|Compiler
|Compiler
|Hopper
|Hopper
|Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
|Eckert-Mauchly Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA
|1
|1
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|1952
|1952
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|Harvard University,  
|Harvard University,  
|1
|1
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|1952
|1952
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|Philadelphia, pa, USA
|Philadelphia, pa, USA
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|1954
|1954
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|Indianapolis, In, USA
|Indianapolis, In, USA
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|1956
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|PA, USA
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|1956
|1956
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|SanJose, CA, USA
|SanJose, CA, USA
|6
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|1956
|1956
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|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
|1
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|1956
|1956
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|University of Minnesota, MN, USA
|University of Minnesota, MN, USA
|4
|4
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|1957
|1957
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|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
|2
|2
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|1957
|Alkaline battery
|Lewis Urry
|Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
|2
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|1958
|1958
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|TI, Dallas, TX, USA
|TI, Dallas, TX, USA
|5
|5
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|1958
|1958
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|Ames, IA, USA
|Ames, IA, USA
|4
|4
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|1959
|1959
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|Vancouver, Canada
|Vancouver, Canada
|7
|7
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|1959
|1959
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|Port Arthur, Tx, USA
|Port Arthur, Tx, USA
|5
|5
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|1959
|1959
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|Tokyo, Japan
|Tokyo, Japan
|10
|10
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|1960
|1960
Line 1,079: Line 1,246:
|Washington, DC, USA
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|2
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|1962
|1962
|GE LED
|GE Light Emitting Diode
|Numerous
|Numerous
|Syracuse, NY, USA
|Syracuse, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|1962
|1962
Line 1,091: Line 1,260:
|Clarence, NewYork
|Clarence, NewYork
|1
|1
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|1962
|1962
Line 1,097: Line 1,267:
|Danbury, Ma, USA
|Danbury, Ma, USA
|1
|1
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|1962
|1962
Line 1,103: Line 1,274:
|Brand, Stanford University, USA
|Brand, Stanford University, USA
|6
|6
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|1963
|1963
Line 1,109: Line 1,281:
|New Mexico
|New Mexico
|6
|6
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|1963
|1963
Line 1,115: Line 1,288:
|Philadelphia
|Philadelphia
|2
|2
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|1964
|Basic
|Kurtz
|Hanover, NH, USA
|1
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|1964
|1964
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|Endicott, NY, USA
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|1964
|1964
Line 1,133: Line 1,302:
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
|4
|4
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|1964
|1964
Line 1,139: Line 1,309:
|Trumansburg, NY, USA
|Trumansburg, NY, USA
|1
|1
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|1965
|1965
Line 1,145: Line 1,316:
|Boston, MA, USA
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|1
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|1965
|1965
Line 1,151: Line 1,323:
|Colorado, USA
|Colorado, USA
|5
|5
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|1967
|1967
Line 1,157: Line 1,330:
|London, England
|London, England
|1
|1
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|1967
|1967
|Viterbi Algorithm
|Viterbi Algorithm
|California
|Viterbi
|USA
|California, USA
|6
|6
|
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|-
|197?
|197?
Line 1,169: Line 1,344:
|England
|England
|8
|8
|
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|-
|1970
|1970
Line 1,175: Line 1,351:
|Zurich, Switzerland
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|8
|
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|-
|1970
|1970
Line 1,181: Line 1,358:
|San Jose, CA, USA
|San Jose, CA, USA
|6
|6
|
|-
|-
|1971
|1971
|Intel 4004
|Intel 4004
|Grove et al.
|Hoff, Faggin, et al
|Silicon Valley, USA
|6
|-
|1971
|Microprocessor
|Hoff et al.
|Silicon Valley, USA
|Silicon Valley, USA
|6
|6
|Solid State Circuits Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society,
|-
|-
|1972
|1972
Line 1,199: Line 1,372:
|Australia
|Australia
|10
|10
|-
|Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; Signal Processing Society, Social Implications of Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|1972
|Xerox Alto
|Palo Alto
|CA, USA
|6
|-
|-
|1973
|1973
Line 1,211: Line 1,379:
|EtPaloAlto, CA, USA
|EtPaloAlto, CA, USA
|6
|6
|Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Professional Communication Society
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|-
|1974
|1974
|First PCs (Scelbi-8h
|First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A)
|Mark-8
|Numerous
|A), Numerous, Englewood, NJ, USA
|Englewood, NJ, USA
|1
|1
|
|-
|-
|1979
|1979
Line 1,223: Line 1,393:
|Menlo Park, CA, USA
|Menlo Park, CA, USA
|6
|6
|
|-
|1979, 1980
|Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
|Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino
|Oxford and Grenoble
|8
|
|-
|-
|1980
|1980
Line 1,229: Line 1,407:
|Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
|Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
|1
|1
|
|-
|-
|1981
|1981
Line 1,235: Line 1,414:
|Zurich, Switzerland
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|8
|
|-
|-
|1982
|1982
Line 1,241: Line 1,421:
|CA, USA
|CA, USA
|6
|6
|
|-
|1990
|Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing)
|Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute
|New York City, USA
|1
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 16:03, 24 January 2020

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.  The technical area/society given is for suggestion only; it does not restrict the achievement to that society. Multiple societies may cosponsor milestone proposals. 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: 24 January 2020

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 Computer Society
1623 Mechanical Calculator Schichard Tuebingen, Germany 8 Computer Society
1642 Advanced Calculator Pascal Paris or Rouen, France 8 Computer Society
1671 Reliable Calculator Liebniz Mainz, Germany 8 Computer Society
1729 Discovery of Conduction Gray London 8 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, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
1808 Arc Lighting Davy England 8 Power and Energy Society
1810 Electrolytic Telegraph Von Sommering Munich, Germany 8 Communication Society
1820 Discovery of Electromagnetism Oersted Copenhagen, Denmark 8 Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society
1821 Demonstration of electric motor Faraday London, England 8 Power and Energy Society
1822 Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light Augustin Fresnel Gironde River, France 8 Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1824 Electromagnet Sturgeon London, England 8 Magnetics Society
1824 Galvanometer Ampere Paris, France 8 Power Electronics Society
1824 Thermocouple Seebech Berlin, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
1828 Electric Motor Henry Albany, NY, USA 1 Magnetics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1828 Ohm's Law/resistance Ohm Cologne, Germany 8 Power and Energy Society
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 Computer Society
1833 Electric Telegraph Key Gauss/weber Goettingen, Germany 8 Communications Society
1834 Early Electric Light Lindsay Dundee, Scotland 8 Power and Energy Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1836 Electric Telegraph Cooke & Wheatsone London, England 8 Communications Society
1837 Analytical Engine Babbage London, England 8 Computer Society
1837 Practical Electric Motor Davenport Rutland, VT, USA 1 Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology
1840 Electroplating Wright Birmingham, England 8 Industry Applications
1840 First program Ada Augusta London, England 8 Computer Society
1844 Washington-Baltimore Telegraph Morse Maryland, USA 2 Communications Society
1850 Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff Koenigsberg, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
1854 Electric Loom Bonelli Turin, Italy 8 Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
1854 Printing Telegraph Hughes Kentucky, USA 3 Communications Society
1856 Shuttle-wound Armature Von Siemens Berlin, Germany 8 Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society
1859 Discovery of Cathode Rays Pluker Bonn, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society
1859 Storage Battery Plante France 8 Electron Devices Society
1860 Arc Welding Wilde London 8 Industry Applications
1868 Primary Dry Cell Leclanche France 8 Power Engineering Society
1873 DC Generator/lighthouses Gramme Belgium 8 Photonics Society, PES, 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, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
1877 Dynamic Microphone Curtis/Reddi Boston 1 Broadcast Technology Society
1877 Resistance Welding Thompson Philadelphia, Pa, USA 2 Industry Applications
1877 Telephone Switchboard Holmes Boston, MA, USA 1 Communications Society
1878 Alternator Gramme/Fonta France 8 Power and Energy Society
1878 Alternator Siemens Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
1879 Commercial Use of Arc-lighting Brush Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Power and Energy Society
1880 Contributions of Lewis Latimer Latimer New York 1 Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy 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 Power and Energy Society
1881 Commercial Music Over Wire Cahill Holyoke, Mass., USA 1 Broadcast Technology Society
1881 Solar-powered Pump Adams Bombay, India 10 Power and Energy 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
1882 Commercial Electric Fan Crocker/Curt New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1882 Early Hydroelectric Site Brush Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 Power and Energy Society
1882 Early Hydroelectric Site Calder/Barre Surrey, England 8 Power and Energy Society
1882 Electric Iron Seely New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1882 Electric Mine Railway Von Siemens Saxony, Germany 8 Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy 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 Industry Applications Society, Power and Energy Society
1886 Bayonet Cap Light Bulb Swan Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 8 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1886 Electric Heater Burton Richmond, VA, USA 3 Power and Energy Society
1886 Electric Submarine Peral Spain 8 Oceanic Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium Hall Oberlin, OH, USA 2 Industry Applications Society
1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium Herault Paris, France 8 Industry Applications Society
1886 First Electric Trolley System Numerous people Montgomery, AL, USA 3 Vehicular Technology Society
1887 Electric Elevator Von Siemens Mannheim, Germany 8 Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1888 AC Induction Motor Tesla New York 1 Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society
1889 Automatic Telephone Exchange Strowger Kansas City, MO, USA 4 Communications Society
1889 Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant Numerous Minas Gerais, Brazil 9 Power and Energy Society
1890 Electric Motor Car Morrison Des Moines, Iowa 4 Vehicular Technology 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 Power and Energy Society
1890 Punched-card Machine Holerith Washington, DC, USA 2 Computer 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 and Energy Society
1895 X-rays Roentgen Wuerzburg, Germany 8 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1897 Cathode Ray Tube 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 Communications Society
1899 Magnetic Recording Poulsen Denmark 8 Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
1901 Electric Typewriter Cahill Washington, DC, USA 2 Consumer Electronics Society, Professional Communications Society
1901 Mercury Discharge Lamp Cooper Hewit, NY, USA 1 Power and Energy 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
1904 Transposition of AC lines Frank Fowle New York, NY 1 Power and Energy Society
1906 Crystal Detector Dunwoody/Pic Washington, DC, USA 2 Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1906 Crystal Detector Braun Germany 8 Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1906 Sound Film Lauste Brixton, England 8 Communications Society
1906 Telephone Amplifier Tube Von Lieben Vienna, Austria 8 Communications Society
1906 Triode DeForrest US 1 Electron Devices Society
1906 Electromagnetic Seismograph Dorpat Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society
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 Antennas and Propagation Society
1910 Tungsten Filament Coolidge Us 1
1911 Automobile Self Starter Kettering Dayton, OH, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society
1914 Electric Traffic Light Benesch Cleveland, OH, USA 2
1915 Transcontinental Telephone Bell and Watson San Francisco 3 and 6 Communications Society
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous Arlington, Virginia 2
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous San Francisco 6
1917 Superheterodyne Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1 Electron Devices Society
1917 Superheterodyne Levy France 8 Electron Devices
1917 VHF Marconi Wales 8
1918 Electric Refrigerator Wales Et Al. Detroit, USA 4
1918 Practical AC Clock Warren Ashland, MA, 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
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 Hoff, Faggin, et al Silicon Valley, USA 6 Solid State Circuits Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics 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