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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 | 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. | ||
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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! Technical area/society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|4th Century Bce | |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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1617 | |1617 | ||
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|Edinburgh, Scotland | |Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1621 | |1621 | ||
|Slide Rule Oughtred | |Slide Rule | ||
|Albury | |Oughtred | ||
|Albury, England | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1623 | |1623 | ||
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|Tuebingen, Germany | |Tuebingen, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1642 | |1642 | ||
|Advanced Calculator Pascal | |Advanced Calculator | ||
|Paris | |Pascal | ||
|Paris or Rouen, France | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1671 | |1671 | ||
|Reliable Calculator | |Reliable Calculator | ||
|Liebniz | |Liebniz | ||
|Germany | |Mainz, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1729 | |1729 | ||
|Discovery of Conduction | |Discovery of Conduction | ||
|Gray | |Gray | ||
|London | |London | ||
|8 | |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 | |1746 | ||
|Leyden Jar | |Leyden Jar | ||
| | |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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1790 | |1790 | ||
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|Bologna, Italy | |Bologna, Italy | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1808 | |1808 | ||
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|England | |England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1810 | |1810 | ||
|Electrolytic Telegraph Von | |Electrolytic Telegraph | ||
|Munich | |Von Sommering | ||
|Munich, Germany | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Communication Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |1820 | ||
|Discovery of | |Discovery of Electromagnetism | ||
|Oersted | |Oersted | ||
|Denmark | |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 | |8 | ||
|Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1824 | |1824 | ||
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|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Magnetics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1824 | |1824 | ||
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|Paris, France | |Paris, France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1824 | |1824 | ||
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|Berlin, Germany | |Berlin, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1828 | |1828 | ||
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|Albany, NY, USA | |Albany, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Magnetics Society, Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1828 | |1828 | ||
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|Cologne, Germany | |Cologne, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1830 | |1830 | ||
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|Glasgow, Scotland | |Glasgow, Scotland | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1831 | |1831 | ||
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|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1833 | |1833 | ||
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|Cambridge, England | |Cambridge, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1833 | |1833 | ||
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|Goettingen, Germany | |Goettingen, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1834 | |1834 | ||
|Early Electric Light Lindsay | |Early Electric Light | ||
|Dundee | |Lindsay | ||
|Dundee, Scotland | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society, Consumer Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1836 | |1836 | ||
|Electric Telegraph | |Electric Telegraph | ||
|Cooke&Wheatsone | |Cooke & Wheatsone | ||
|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1837 | |1837 | ||
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|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1837 | |1837 | ||
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|Rutland, VT, USA | |Rutland, VT, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1840 | |1840 | ||
|Electroplating Wright | |Electroplating | ||
|Birmingham | |Wright | ||
|Birmingham, England | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Industry Applications | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1840 | |1840 | ||
|First program | |First program | ||
| | |Ada Augusta | ||
|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Computer Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1844 | |1844 | ||
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|Maryland, USA | |Maryland, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1850 | |1850 | ||
|Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff | |Kirchoff's Laws | ||
|Koenigsberg | |Kirchoff | ||
|Koenigsberg, Germany | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1854 | |1854 | ||
|Electric Loom Bonelli | |Electric Loom | ||
|Turin | |Bonelli | ||
|Turin, Italy | |||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1854 | |1854 | ||
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|Kentucky, USA | |Kentucky, USA | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1856 | |1856 | ||
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|Berlin, Germany | |Berlin, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Industry Applications, Power Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1859 | |1859 | ||
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|Bonn, Germany | |Bonn, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1859 | |1859 | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1860 | |1860 | ||
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|London | |London | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |Industry Applications | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1868 | |1868 | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power Engineering Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1873 | |1873 | ||
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|Belgium | |Belgium | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Photonics Society, PES, Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1874 | |1874 | ||
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|Kent, England | |Kent, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power Electronics Society, Intelligent Transportation Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1875 | |1875 | ||
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|Kalamazoo, MI, USA | |Kalamazoo, MI, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Industrial Electronics Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1877 | |1877 | ||
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|Boston | |Boston | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |Broadcast Technology Society | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1877 | |1877 | ||
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|Philadelphia, Pa, USA | |Philadelphia, Pa, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Industry Applications | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1877 | |1877 | ||
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|Boston, MA, USA | |Boston, MA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1878 | |1878 | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1878 | |1878 | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1879 | |1879 | ||
|Commercial Use of Arc-lighting | |Commercial Use of Arc-lighting | ||
|Brush | |Brush | ||
|Cleveland, | |Cleveland, OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1880 | |1880 | ||
|Contributions of Lewis | |Contributions of Lewis Latimer | ||
|Latimer | |Latimer | ||
|New York | |New York | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1880 | |1880 | ||
|Early Hydroelectric Site | |Early Hydroelectric Site | ||
|Numerous | |Numerous | ||
| | |Grand Rapids, MI, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Industrial Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society, Magetics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1880 | |1880 | ||
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|Wabash, Indiana | |Wabash, Indiana | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1881 | |1881 | ||
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|Holyoke, Mass., USA | |Holyoke, Mass., USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Broadcast Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1881 | |1881 | ||
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|Bombay, India | |Bombay, India | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1881 | |1881 | ||
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|Paris, France | |Paris, France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society, Industrial Electronics Societey | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1882 | |1882 | ||
|Elektromote Trackless Car | |Elektromote Trackless Car | ||
| | |Von Siemens | ||
|Halensee, Germany | |Halensee, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1882 | |1882 | ||
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|New York, NY, USA | |New York, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1882 | |1882 | ||
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|Minneapolis, MN, USA | |Minneapolis, MN, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1882 | |1882 | ||
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|Surrey, England | |Surrey, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1882 | |1882 | ||
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|New York, NY, USA | |New York, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Consumer Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1882 | |1882 | ||
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|Saxony, Germany | |Saxony, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1885 | |1885 | ||
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|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Magnetics Society, Circuits and Systems Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1885 | |1885 | ||
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|Lynn, Ma | |Lynn, Ma | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Industry Applications Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1886 | |1886 | ||
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|Newcastle-on-Tyne, England | |Newcastle-on-Tyne, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1886 | |1886 | ||
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|Richmond, VA, USA | |Richmond, VA, USA | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1886 | |1886 | ||
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|Spain | |Spain | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Oceanic Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1886 | |1886 | ||
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|Oberlin, OH, USA | |Oberlin, OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Industry Applications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1886 | |1886 | ||
|Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium | |Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium | ||
| | |Herault | ||
|France | |Paris, France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Industry Applications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1886 | |1886 | ||
|First Electric Trolley System | |First Electric Trolley System | ||
| | |Numerous people | ||
|Montgomery, AL, USA | |Montgomery, AL, USA | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1887 | |1887 | ||
|Electric Elevator | |Electric Elevator | ||
| | |Von Siemens | ||
|Germany | |Mannheim, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Power and Energy Society, Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1888 | |1888 | ||
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|New York | |New York | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |Vehicular Technology Society, Power and Energy Society | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1889 | |1889 | ||
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|Kansas City, MO, USA | |Kansas City, MO, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1889 | |1889 | ||
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|Minas Gerais, Brazil | |Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1890 | |1890 | ||
|Electric Motor Car | |Electric Motor Car | ||
|Morrison | |Morrison | ||
|Des | |Des Moines, Iowa | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1890 | |1890 | ||
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|Chicago, USA | |Chicago, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Power and Energy Society, Magnetics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1890 | |1890 | ||
|Long-distance AC Transmission | |Long-distance AC Transmission | ||
| | |Numerous Inventors | ||
|Williamette Falls, Or | |Williamette Falls, Or | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1890 | |1890 | ||
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|Washington, DC, USA | |Washington, DC, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Computer Society, Computational Intelligence Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1892 | |1892 | ||
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|Benelux section | |Benelux section | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1893 | |1893 | ||
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|Brooklyn, NY, USA | |Brooklyn, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1895 | |1895 | ||
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|Wuerzburg, Germany | |Wuerzburg, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1897 | |1897 | ||
| | |Cathode Ray Tube | ||
|Braun | |Braun | ||
|Strausbourg, Germany | |Strausbourg, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Photonics Society, Power Electronics Society, Consumer Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1897 | |1897 | ||
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|Cambridge, England | |Cambridge, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1899 | |1899 | ||
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|At&t, | |At&t, | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1899 | |1899 | ||
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|Denmark | |Denmark | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1901 | |1901 | ||
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|Washington, DC, USA | |Washington, DC, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Consumer Electronics Society, Professional Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1901 | |1901 | ||
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|Hewit, NY, USA | |Hewit, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1902 | |1902 | ||
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|Murphy, KY, USA | |Murphy, KY, USA | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1902 | |1902 | ||
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|Ithaca, NY, USA | |Ithaca, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1902 | |1902 | ||
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|England | |England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Consumer Electronics Society | |||
|- | |||
|1904 | |||
|Transposition of AC lines | |||
|Frank Fowle | |||
|New York, NY | |||
|1 | |||
|Power and Energy Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1906 | |1906 | ||
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|Washington, DC, USA | |Washington, DC, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1906 | |1906 | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1906 | |1906 | ||
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|Brixton, England | |Brixton, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1906 | |1906 | ||
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|Vienna, Austria | |Vienna, Austria | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Communications Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1906 | |1906 | ||
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|US | |US | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Electron Devices Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1906 | |1906 | ||
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|Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia | |Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1907 | |1907 | ||
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|USA | |USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1907 | |1907 | ||
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|New Berlin, OH, USA | |New Berlin, OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1910 | |1910 | ||
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|Sweden | |Sweden | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1910 | |1910 | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Antennas and Propagation Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1910 | |1910 | ||
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|Us | |Us | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1911 | |1911 | ||
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|Dayton, OH, USA | |Dayton, OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1914 | |1914 | ||
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|Cleveland, OH, USA | |Cleveland, OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1915 | |1915 | ||
| | |Transcontinental Telephone | ||
|Bell and Watson | |Bell and Watson | ||
|San Francisco | |San Francisco | ||
|6 | |3 and 6 | ||
| | |Communications Society | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1916 | |1916 | ||
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|Arlington, Virginia | |Arlington, Virginia | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1916 | |1916 | ||
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|San Francisco | |San Francisco | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1917 | |1917 | ||
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|Columbia University, New York City | |Columbia University, New York City | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Electron Devices Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1917 | |1917 | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Electron Devices | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1917 | |1917 | ||
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|Wales | |Wales | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1918 | |1918 | ||
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|Detroit, USA | |Detroit, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1918 | |1918 | ||
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|Ashland, MA, USA | |Ashland, MA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1919 | |1919 | ||
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|Japan | |Japan | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1921 | |||
|Magnetron | |||
|Hall | |||
|Schenectady, NY, USA | |||
|1 | |||
|Magnetics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1921 | |1921 | ||
| | |Graphical Calculator for power transmission computations | ||
| | |Edith Clarke | ||
|NY, USA | |Schenectady, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Computer Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1923 | |1923 | ||
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|Valley, Forge, PA, USA | |Valley, Forge, PA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Vehicular Technology Society, Intelligent Transportation Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1924 | |1924 | ||
|Stereo Phonography | |Stereo Phonography | ||
| | |Keller | ||
|Labs | |Bell Labs | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1925 | |1925 | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1925 | |1925 | ||
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|Schenectady, NY, USA | |Schenectady, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1926 | |1926 | ||
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|Chicago, USA | |Chicago, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1926 | |1926 | ||
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|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1926 | |1926 | ||
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|Capetown, South Africa | |Capetown, South Africa | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
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|Hollywood, USA | |Hollywood, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
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|WestChicago, USA | |WestChicago, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
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|Cambridge, MA, USA | |Cambridge, MA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
Line 761: | Line 882: | ||
|Bell Labs | |Bell Labs | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
Line 767: | Line 889: | ||
|Eindhoven, Netherlands | |Eindhoven, Netherlands | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
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|Stillwater, MN, USA | |Stillwater, MN, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1927 | |1927 | ||
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|Cambridge, MA, USA | |Cambridge, MA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1928 | |1928 | ||
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|USA | |USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1928 | |1928 | ||
Line 791: | Line 917: | ||
|Germany | |Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1929 | |1929 | ||
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|New York, NY, USA | |New York, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1929 | |1929 | ||
Line 803: | Line 931: | ||
|Jena, Germany | |Jena, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1929 | |1929 | ||
Line 809: | Line 938: | ||
|Berlin, Germany | |Berlin, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1929 | |1929 | ||
Line 815: | Line 945: | ||
|Austria, | |Austria, | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1930 | |1930 | ||
Line 821: | Line 952: | ||
|Columbia University, New York City | |Columbia University, New York City | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1931 | |1931 | ||
Line 827: | Line 959: | ||
|Los Angeles, CA, USA | |Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1931 | |1931 | ||
Line 833: | Line 966: | ||
|Cleveland Hts., OH, USA | |Cleveland Hts., OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1931 | |1931 | ||
Line 839: | Line 973: | ||
|Stamford, CT, USA | |Stamford, CT, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1931 | |1931 | ||
Line 845: | Line 980: | ||
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA | |Pittsburgh, PA, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1932 | |1932 | ||
Line 851: | Line 987: | ||
|Muscle Shoals, AL | |Muscle Shoals, AL | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1933 | |1933 | ||
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid | |Wind Turbine Connected To Grid | ||
| | | | ||
|Ukraine | |Balaclava, Ukraine | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1934 | |1934 | ||
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ Hammond/Hane | |Tone Wheel Electric Organ | ||
|Chicago | |Hammond/Hane | ||
|Chicago, IL, USA | |||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1934 | |1934 | ||
Line 869: | Line 1,008: | ||
|Cleveland, OH, USA | |Cleveland, OH, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1934 | |1934 | ||
Line 875: | Line 1,015: | ||
|Rechlin, Germany | |Rechlin, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1935 | |1935 | ||
Line 881: | Line 1,022: | ||
|London, England | |London, England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1935 | |1935 | ||
Line 887: | Line 1,029: | ||
|Endicott, NY, USA | |Endicott, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1936 | |1936 | ||
Line 893: | Line 1,036: | ||
|Berlin, Germany | |Berlin, Germany | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1936 | |1936 | ||
Line 899: | Line 1,043: | ||
|Boulder City, NV, USA | |Boulder City, NV, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1938 | |1938 | ||
Line 905: | Line 1,050: | ||
|Silicon Valley, CA, USA | |Silicon Valley, CA, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1938 | |1938 | ||
Line 911: | Line 1,057: | ||
|New York, NY, USA | |New York, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1939 | |1939 | ||
Line 917: | Line 1,064: | ||
|IA, USA | |IA, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|194? | |194? | ||
Line 923: | Line 1,071: | ||
|Stanford and Harvard, USA | |Stanford and Harvard, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1941 | |1941 | ||
Line 929: | Line 1,078: | ||
|Minneapolis, MN, USA | |Minneapolis, MN, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1941 | |1941 | ||
Line 935: | Line 1,085: | ||
|Grandpa's Knob, VT | |Grandpa's Knob, VT | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1943 | |1943 | ||
Line 941: | Line 1,092: | ||
|Endicott, NY, USA | |Endicott, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1948 | |1948 | ||
Line 965: | Line 1,106: | ||
|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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1948 | |1948 | ||
Line 971: | Line 1,113: | ||
|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA | |CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1949 | |1949 | ||
|Electric Guitar Fender | |Electric Guitar | ||
|Anaheim | |Fender | ||
|Anaheim, CA, USA | |||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1952 | |1952 | ||
Line 983: | Line 1,127: | ||
|New York, USA | |New York, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1952 | |1952 | ||
|Compiler | |Compiler | ||
|Hopper | |Hopper | ||
| | |Eckert-Mauchly Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1952 | |1952 | ||
Line 995: | Line 1,141: | ||
|Harvard University, | |Harvard University, | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1952 | |1952 | ||
Line 1,001: | Line 1,148: | ||
|Philadelphia, pa, USA | |Philadelphia, pa, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1954 | |1954 | ||
Line 1,007: | Line 1,155: | ||
|Indianapolis, In, USA | |Indianapolis, In, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
Line 1,013: | Line 1,162: | ||
|PA, USA | |PA, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
Line 1,019: | Line 1,169: | ||
|New York, | |New York, | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
Line 1,025: | Line 1,176: | ||
|SanJose, CA, USA | |SanJose, CA, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
Line 1,031: | Line 1,183: | ||
|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA | |Melrose, Massachusetts, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1956 | |1956 | ||
Line 1,037: | Line 1,190: | ||
|University of Minnesota, MN, USA | |University of Minnesota, MN, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1957 | |1957 | ||
Line 1,043: | Line 1,197: | ||
|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. | |Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1957 | |||
|Alkaline battery | |||
|Lewis Urry | |||
|Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. | |||
|2 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1958 | |1958 | ||
Line 1,049: | Line 1,211: | ||
|TI, Dallas, TX, USA | |TI, Dallas, TX, USA | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1958 | |1958 | ||
Line 1,055: | Line 1,218: | ||
|Ames, IA, USA | |Ames, IA, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1959 | |1959 | ||
Line 1,061: | Line 1,225: | ||
|Vancouver, Canada | |Vancouver, Canada | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1959 | |1959 | ||
Line 1,067: | Line 1,232: | ||
|Port Arthur, Tx, USA | |Port Arthur, Tx, USA | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1959 | |1959 | ||
Line 1,073: | Line 1,239: | ||
|Tokyo, Japan | |Tokyo, Japan | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1960 | |1960 | ||
Line 1,079: | Line 1,246: | ||
|Washington, DC, USA | |Washington, DC, USA | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1962 | |1962 | ||
|GE | |GE Light Emitting Diode | ||
|Numerous | |Numerous | ||
|Syracuse, NY, USA | |Syracuse, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1962 | |1962 | ||
Line 1,091: | Line 1,260: | ||
|Clarence, NewYork | |Clarence, NewYork | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1962 | |1962 | ||
Line 1,097: | Line 1,267: | ||
|Danbury, Ma, USA | |Danbury, Ma, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1962 | |1962 | ||
Line 1,103: | Line 1,274: | ||
|Brand, Stanford University, USA | |Brand, Stanford University, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1963 | |1963 | ||
Line 1,109: | Line 1,281: | ||
|New Mexico | |New Mexico | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1963 | |1963 | ||
Line 1,115: | Line 1,288: | ||
|Philadelphia | |Philadelphia | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1964 | |1964 | ||
Line 1,127: | Line 1,295: | ||
|Endicott, NY, USA | |Endicott, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1964 | |1964 | ||
Line 1,133: | Line 1,302: | ||
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA | |Ann Arbor, MI, USA | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1964 | |1964 | ||
Line 1,139: | Line 1,309: | ||
|Trumansburg, NY, USA | |Trumansburg, NY, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1965 | |1965 | ||
Line 1,145: | Line 1,316: | ||
|Boston, MA, USA | |Boston, MA, USA | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1965 | |1965 | ||
Line 1,151: | Line 1,323: | ||
|Colorado, USA | |Colorado, USA | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1967 | |1967 | ||
Line 1,157: | Line 1,330: | ||
|London, England | |London, England | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1967 | |1967 | ||
|Viterbi Algorithm | |Viterbi Algorithm | ||
| | |Viterbi | ||
|USA | |California, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|197? | |197? | ||
Line 1,169: | Line 1,344: | ||
|England | |England | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1970 | |1970 | ||
Line 1,175: | Line 1,351: | ||
|Zurich, Switzerland | |Zurich, Switzerland | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1970 | |1970 | ||
Line 1,181: | Line 1,358: | ||
|San Jose, CA, USA | |San Jose, CA, USA | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1971 | |1971 | ||
|Intel 4004 | |Intel 4004 | ||
| | |Hoff, Faggin, 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 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1974 | |1974 | ||
|First PCs (Scelbi-8h | |First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A) | ||
|Numerous | |||
| | |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 | |||
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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 |
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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 |