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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 -- [[Milestones:Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone|propose]] an achievement as a milestone.  Please consult the '''[[Milestones:Proposing a Milestone|Milestone Guidelines]] '''for more information on the milestone process. There is also a [[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: 18 December 2014
To check whether someone is already working on a specific achievement, consult the ''' [[Milestones Status Report]]''' which shows the status of Milestones or Special Citation proposals.


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


'''Date, Milestone, Person(s), Location, Region'''
Additional achievements suitable for Milestones include:
*4th Century Bce, Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, Wang Xu, Defeng County, Henan, China, Region 10 (could Also Be 1040-44, Book ''collection of Most Important Military Techniques'', Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China)  
 
*1617 Napier's Bones, Napier, Edinburgh, Scotland, Region 8
*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.
*1621 Slide Rule Oughtred, Albury, England, Region 8
*[http://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/List_of_Achievements_Suitable_for_Milestones_featuring_Women  List of Achievements by women for proposal as Milestones]
*1623 Mechanical Calculator, Schichard, Tuebingen, Germany, Region 8
 
*1642 Advanced Calculator Pascal, Paris, France, Region 8
Last updated: 30 November 2023
*1671 Reliable Calculator Liebniz Mainz, Germany, Region 8
 
*1729 Discovery of Conduction Gray London, Region 8
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*1746 Leyden Jar, Unknown, Leyden, Netherlands, Region 8
|-
*1790 Galvanism, Galvani, Bologna, Italy, Region 8
! Date
*1808 Arc Lighting Davy London, England, Region 8
! Milestone
*1810 Electrolytic Telegraph Von Sommerin, Munich, Germany, Region 8
! Associated person
*1819 Discovery of Current/Magnetism, Oersted, Denmark, Region 8
! Location
*1824 Electromagnet, Sturgeon, London, England, Region 8
! IEEE Region
*1824 Galvanometer, Ampere, Paris, France, Region 8
! Technical area/society
*1824 Thermocouple, Seebech, Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|-
*1828 Electric Motor, Henry, Albany, NY, USA, Region 1
|4th Century Bce
*1828 Microphone, Wheatstone, London, England Region 8
|Description of Use of Magnetic Compass, (could Also Be 1040-44, Book ''collection of Most Important Military Techniques'', Kaifeng, Henan,china, Or 1117 First Written Mention of A Magnetic Compass For Maritime Navigation, Zhu Yu, Huanggang, Hubei, China)  
*1828 Ohm's Law/resistance, Ohm, Cologne, Germany, Region 8
|Wang Xu
*1830 Bimetallic Thermostat, Ure, Glasgow, Scotland, Region 8
|Defeng County, Henan, China
*1831 Discovery of Induction, Faraday, London, England, Region 8
|10
*1833 Difference Engine, Babbage, Cambridge, England, Region 8
|Magnetics Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Vehicular Technology Society
*1833 Electric Telegraph Key, Gauss/weber, Goettingen, Germany, Region 8
|-
*1834 Early Electric Light Lindsay, Dundee, Scotland, Region 8
|Date unknown
*1836 Electric Telegraph, Cooke&wheatslondon, England, Region 8
|Abacus
*1837 Analytical Engine, Babbage, London, England, Region 8
|Ancient Greece?, Middle East?, India? China?
*1837 Practical Electric Motor, Davenport, Rutland, VT, USA, Region 1
|8 or 10
*1840 Electroplating Wright, Birmingham, England, Region 8
|Computer
*1840 First "program", Ada Augusta, London, England, Region 8
|-
*1844 Washington-Baltimore Telegraph, Morse, Maryland, USA, Region 2
|1617
*1850 Kirchoff's Laws Kirchoff, Koenigsberg, Germany, Region 8
|Napier's Bones
*1854 Electric Loom Bonelli, Turin, Italy, Region 8
|Napier
*1854 Printing Telegraph Hughes Kentucky, USA, Region 3
|Edinburgh, Scotland
*1856 Shuttle-wound Armature Von Siemens Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|8
*1859 Discovery of Cathode Rays Pluker Bonn, Germany, Region 8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Computer Society
*1859 Storage Battery, Plante, France, Region 8
|-
*1860 Arc Welding Wilde, London, Region 8
|1621
*1863 Early Generator, Paccinotti, Italy, Region 8
|Slide Rule
*1868 Primary Dry Cell, Leclanche, France, Region 8
|Oughtred
*1873 DC Generator/lighthouses, Gramme Belgium, Region 8
|Albury, England
*1874 Early Electric Car, Salomans, Kent, England, Region 8
|8
*1875 Electric Dental Drill, Green, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, Region 4
|Computer Society
*1877 Dynamic Microphone, Curtis/Reddi, Boston, Region 1
|-
*1877 Dynamic Microphone, Siemens, Germany, Region 8
|1623
*1877 Resistance Welding, Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa, USA, Region 2
|Mechanical Calculator
*1877 Telephone Switchboard, Holmes, Boston, MA, USA, Region 1
|Schichard
*1878 Alternator, Gramme/Fonta, France, Region 8
|Tuebingen, Germany
*1878 Alternator, Siemens, Germany Region 8
|8
*1879 Commercial Use of Arc-lighting, Brush, Cleveland, Oh, USA, Region 2
|Computer Society
*1880 Contributions of Lewis Latimer, New York, Region 1
|-
*1880 Early Hydroelectric Site, Numerous, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, Region 4
|1642
*1880 First Electrically Lit Town, Numerous, Wabash, Indiana, Region 4
|Advanced Calculator
*1881 Commercial Music Over Wire, Cahill, Holyoke, Mass., USA, Region 1
|Pascal
*1881 Solar-powered Pump, Adams, Bombay, India, Region 10
|Paris or Rouen, France
*1881 Transformer, Gaulard/Gibb, Paris, France, Region 8
|8
*1882 "Elektromote" Trackless Car, Von Siemens, Halensee, Germany 8
|Computer Society
*1882 Commercial Electric Fan, Crocker/Curt, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|-
*1882 Early Hydroelectric Site, Brush, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Region 4
|1671
*1882 Early Hydroelectric Site, Calder/Barre, Surrey, England, Region 8
|Reliable Calculator
*1882 Electric Iron Seely, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Liebniz
*1882 Electric Mine Railway, Von Siemens, Saxony, Germany, Region 8
|Mainz, Germany
*1885 Magnetic Circuit Theory, Hopkinson, London, England 8
|8
*1885 Mass Production of Edison Lamps, Thomson, Lynn, Ma, Region 1
|Computer Society
*1886 Bayonet Cap Light Bulb, Swan, Newcastle-on-tyne,england, Region 8
|-
*1886 Electric Heater, Burton, Richmond, VA, USA, Region 3
|1729
*1886 Electric Submarine, Peral, Spain, Region 8
|Discovery of Conduction
*1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium, Hall, Oberlin, OH, USA Region 2
|Gray
*1886 Electrolytic Reduction of Aluminium, Herault Paris, France, Region 8
|London
*1886 First Electric Trolley System, Numerous people, Montgomery, AL, USA, Region 3
|8
*1887 Electric Elevator, Von Siemens Mannheim, Germany 8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Electron Devices Society
*1888 AC Induction Motor, Tesla, New York, Region 1
|-
*1888 AC Induction Motor, Ferraris, Turin, Italy, Region 8
|1745
*1888 Edward Weston Precision Meters, USA, Region 1
|"Leyden Jar" type Capacitator
*1889 Automatic Telephone Exchange, Strowger, Kansas City, MO, USA, Region 4
|Ewald G. von Kleist
*1889 Marmelos Zero Hydro Plant, Numerous, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Region 9
|Germany
*1890 Electric Motor Car, Morrison, Demoines, Iowa, Region 4
|8
*1890 High-frequency Generator, Thomson, Chicago, USA 4
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
*1890 Long-distance AC Transmission, Numerous Inventors, Williamette Falls, Or, Region 6
|-
*1890 Punched-card Machine, Holerith, Washington, DC, USA, Region 2  
|1746
*1892 Lorentz Paper On The Electron, Benelux Section, Region 8
|Leyden Jar
*1893 Coney Island Electric Escalator, Reno, Brooklyn, NY, USA, Region 1
|Pieter van Musschenbroek and others, debatable precedence
*1895 X-rays, Roentgen, Wuerzburg, Germany, Region 8
|Leyden, Netherlands, also Germany
*1897 CRT, Braun, Strausbourg, Germany, Region 8
|8
*1897 Discovery of Electron, Thomson, Cambridge, England, Region 8
|Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, Power and Energy Society, Electron Devices Society
*1898 Wireless Power Transmission, Tesla, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|-
*1899 Loading Coil, Pupin, At&t Region 1
|1790
*1899 Magnetic Recording, Poulsen, Denmark, Region 8
|Galvanism
*1901 Electric Typewriter, Cahill ,Washington, DC, USA, Region 2
|Galvani
*1901 Mercury Discharge Lamp, Cooper Hewitnew York, NY, USA 1
|Bologna, Italy
*1902 Early Broadcast, Stubblefield, Murphy,ky, USA 3
|8
*1902 Oscilloscope, Ryan, Ithaca, NY, USA 1
|Power and Energy Society, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
*1902 George Darby's Patent For Electrical Heat And Smoke Detector, Birmingham, England, Region 8
|-
*1906 Crystal Detector, Dunwoody/Pic, Washington, DC, USA 2
|1808
*1906 Crystal Detector, Braun, Germany 8
|Arc Lighting
*1906 Sound Film, Lauste, Brixton, England, Region 8
|Davy
*1906 Telephone Amplifier Tube, Von Lieben, Vienna, Austria 8
|England
*1906 Triode, De Forrest, US, Region 1
|8
*1906 Electromagnetic Seismograph, Dorpat, Estonia Or St. Petersburg, Russia, Region 8
|Power and Energy Society
*1907 Bell Labs Founded, Jewett, Cart, New York, NY, USA Region 1
|-
*1907 Cinema Projection System, Bell&howell, USA, Region 4
|1810
*1907 Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Spangler, New Berlin, OH, USA, Region 2
|Electrolytic Telegraph
*1910 Ni-Cd Battery, Jungner, Sweden, Region 8
|Von Sommering
*1910 Radio Direction Finder, Bellini/Tosiboulogne, France Region 8
|Munich, Germany
*1910 Tungsten Filament, Coolidge, Us 1
|8
*1911 Automobile Self Starter, Kettering, Dayton, OH, USA, Region 2
|Communication Society
*1914 Electric Traffic Light, Benesch, Cleveland, OH, USA Region 2
|-
*1915 1st Transcontinental Telephone, Bell & Watson, San Francisco 6
|1820
*1915 2nd Transcontinental Telephone, Bell & Watson, Washington, DC, USA 3
|Discovery of Electromagnetism
*1916 Radio Telephone, Numerous, Arlington, Virginia 2
|Oersted
*1916 Radio Telephone, Numerous, San Francisco 6
|Copenhagen, Denmark
*1917 Superheterodyne, Armstrong, Columbia University, New York City, Region 1
|8
*1917 Superheterodyne, Levy, France 8
|Magnetics Society, Power and Energy Society
*1917 VHF, Marconi, Wales, Region 8
|-
*1918 Electric Refrigerator, Wales Et Al., Detroit, USA, Region 4
|1821
*1918 Practical AC Clock, Warren, Ashland, MA, USA, Region 1
|Demonstration of electric motor
*1919 Neutrodyne Hazeltine, Hoboken, NJ, USA 1
|Faraday
*1919 Permanent Electrostatic Fields, Eguchi, Japan, Region 10
|London, England
*1921 Magnetron Hall, Schenectady, NY, USA 1
|8
*1923 PNJ Interconnection, Numerous, Valley, Forge, PA, USA 1
|Power and Energy Society
*1924 Stereo Phonography, Keller Bell, Labs 1
|-
*1924 Stereo Phonography, Blumlein, London 8
|1822
*1925 Cinemascope, Chretien, France, Region 8
|Fresnel Lens (lighthouses) and transverse wave theory of light
*1925 Electrodynamic Loudspeaker, Numerous, Schenectady, NY, USA 1
|Augustin Fresnel
*1925 Quartz Crystal, Watch, Numerous New York 1
|Gironde River, France
*1926 All-electric Gramaphone, Brunswick Et, Chicago, USA 4
|8
*1926 Mechanical TV/1st TV License, Baird, London, England Region 8
|Photonics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
*1926 South Africa Lightning Research, Numerous, Capetown, South Africa, Region 8
|-
*1927 1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) "The Jazz Singer", Numerous Inventors, Hollywood, USA, Region 6
|1824
*1927 All-electric Juke Box, Harrison, West Chicago, USA, Region 4
|Electromagnet
*1927 Differential Analyzer, Bush, Cambridge, MA, USA Region 1
|Sturgeon
*1927 Negative Feedback Amp, Black, Bell Labs, Region 1
|London, England
*1927 Pentode, Holst/Tellegen, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Region 8
|8
*1927 Pop-up Toaster, Strite, Stillwater, MN, USA, Region 4
|Magnetics Society
*1927 Technicolor, Kalmus et al, Cambridge, MA, USA, Region 1
|-
*1928 All-electronic TV, Farnsworth, USA, Region 6
|1824
*1928 Geiger Tube, Geiger/Mulletuebingen, Germany, Region 8
|Galvanometer
*1929 Coaxial Cable, Numerous, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|Ampere
*1929 Electro-encephalogram, Berger, Jena, Germany, Region 8
|Paris, France
*1929 Electron Microscope, Knoll/Ruska, Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|8
*1929 Recording Tape, Pfleumer, Austria, Region 8
|Power Electronics Society
*1930 Fm, Armstrong, Columbia University, New York City, Region 1
|-
*1931 Commercial Electric Guitar, Rickenbacker, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Region 6
|1824
*1931 Crystal Microphone Sawyer, Cleveland Hts., OH, Region 2
|Thermocouple
*1931 Electric Razor, Schick, Stamford, CT, USA, Region 1
|Seebech
*1931 Iconoscope, Zworykin, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Region 2
|Berlin, Germany
*1932 TVA, Numerous, Muscle Shoals, AL, Region 3
|8
*1933 Wind Turbine Connected To Grid, Balaclava, Ukraine, Region 8
|Electron Devices Society, Power Electronics Society
*1934 "Tone Wheel" Electric Organ Hammond/Hane, Chicago, IL, USA, Region 4
|-
*1934 Diesel-electric Traction, Kettering, Cleveland, OH, USA, Region 2
|1828
*1934 Radio Beam Aerial Navigation, Plendl, Rechlin, Germany, Region 8
|Electric Motor
*1935 Early Radar, Watson-watt, London, Region 8
|Henry
*1935 IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter, numerous, Endicott, NY, USA, Region 1
|Albany, NY, USA
*1936 AEG "magnetophone" Rec. & Tape, Numerous, Berlin, Germany, Region 8
|1
*1936 Boulder Dam, Numerous, Boulder City, NV, USA, Region 6
|Magnetics Society, Vehicular Technology Society
*1938 Klystron, Varian brothers, Silicon Valley, CA, USA, Region 6
|-
*1938 Xerography, Carlson, New York, NY, USA, Region 1
|1828
*1939 1st Electronic-digital Computerat, Anasoff/Beames, IA, USA, Region 4
|Ohm's Law
*1941 Honeywell Electronic Autopilot Numerous Minneapolis, MN, USA, Region 4
|Ohm
*1941 Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine, Putnam, Grandpa's Knob, VT, Region 1
|Cologne, Germany
*1943 IBM Mark I, Numerous, Endicott, NY, USA, Region 1
|8
*1943 Special-purpose Electronic Computer (colossus), Newman/Flowers, Buckinghamshire, England, Region 8
|Power and Energy Society
*1946 Project Diana (ASC Electronics), Numerous Inventors, Wall, NJ, USA, Region 1
|-
*1948 Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating, Libby Chicago, IL, USA, Region 4
|1830
*1948 Experimental Cable TV, Numerous Inventors, Oregon, USA, Region 6
|Bimetallic Thermostat
*1948 LP, Goldmark, CBS Laboratories, New York, USA, Region 1
|Ure
*1949 Electric Guitar Fender, Anaheim, CA, USA, Region 6
|Glasgow, Scotland
*1952 Cinerama, Numerous, New York, USA, Region 1
|8
*1952 Compiler, Hopper, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Region 1
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society
*1952 Magnetic Core Memory, Wang, Harvard University, Region 1
|-
*1952 Univac I, Mauchley/Eck, Philadelphia,pa, USA, Region 2
|1831
*1954 Maser, Townes et al, Bell Labs, Region 1
|Discovery of Induction
*1954 Regency Portable Transistor, Radpies & Koch, Indianapolis, In, USA Region 4
|Faraday
*1956 Commercial Nuclear Power Generation, Shippingport, PA, USA Region 2
|London, England
*1956 Fortran Programming Language, Backus, New York Region 1
|8
*1956 IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core, Numerous, San Jose, CA, USA Region 6
|Magnetics Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Power Electronics Society
*1956 Flight Data Recorder ("black Box")
|-
*1958 TI Silicon Junction Transistor Teal (TI) Dallas, Tx, USA Region 5
|1833
*1958 Van Allen Belts, Van Allen, Ames, IA, USA Region 4
|Difference Engine
*1959 Point-to-point Microwave Radio, Numerous Vancouver, Canada, Region 7
|Babbage
*1959 Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled, Numerous Port Arthur, Tx, USA, Region 5
|Cambridge, England
*1959 Tunnel Diode, Esaki, Tokyo, Japan Region 10
|8
*1960 COBOL, Numerous, Washington, DC, USA Region 2
|Computer Society
*1962 GE LED, Numerous, Syracuse, NY, USA Region 1
|-
*1962 Implantable Pacemaker, Greatbach, Clarence, New York Region 1
|1833
*1962 Unimation Industrial Robot, Numerous Danbury, Ma, USA Region 1
|Electric Telegraph Key
*1963 Langmuir Lab, Numerous, New Mexico, Region 6
|Gauss/weber
*1964 Basic, Kurtz, Hanover, NH, USA Region 1
|Goettingen, Germany
*1964 IBM 360, Numerous, Endicott, NY, USA Region 1
|8
*1964 Laser Holography, Numerous Inventors, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Region 4
|Communications Society
*1964 Voltage-controlled Music Synth, Moog, Trumansburg, NY, USA, Region 1
|-
*1965 PDP-8, Numerous, Boston, MA, USA, Region 1  
|1834
*1965 Affordable Home Smoke Detector, Lakewood, Colorado, USA, Region 5
|Early Electric Light
*1967 Dolby Sound, Dolby, London, England, Region 1  
|Lindsay
*1967 Viterbi Algorithm, California, USA, Region 6
|Dundee, Scotland
*1970 Pascal Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland, Region 8
|8
*1970 Codd's Relational Database Paper, San Jose, CA, USA, Region 6
|Power and Energy Society, Consumer Electronics Society
*1971 Intel 4004, Grove et al., Silicon Valley, USA, Region 6
|-
*1971 Microprocessor, Hoff et al., Silicon Valley, USA, Region 6
|1836
*1972 Space War: "1st Computer Game,", Brand, Stanford University, USA, Region 6  
|Electric Telegraph
*1972 Xerox Alto, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Region 6
|Cooke & Wheatsone
*1973 Ethernet, Metcalfe, Et Palo Alto, CA, USA, Region 6
|London, England
*1974 First PCs (Scelbi-8h, Mark-8, A), Numerous, Englewood, NJ, USA, Region 1
|8
*1979 Oracle Database, Menlo Park, CA, USA Region 6
|Communications Society
*1981 Scanning Tunneling Microscope, IBM Labs, Zurich, Switzerland, Region 8
|-
*1982 Sun 1, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Region 6
|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
|Induction Telegraph
|Granville T Woods
|Cincinnati, OH, USA
|2
|ComSoc
|-
|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
|-
|1885
|Telegraphony
|Granville T Woods
|Cincinnati, OH, USA
|2
|ComSoc
|-
|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
|Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph
|Granville T Woods
|Cincinnati, OH, USA
|2
|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
|Hollerith
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|Computer Society, Computational Intelligence Society
|-
|1892
|Lorentz Paper On The Electron
|Lorentz
|Benelux section
|8
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1892
|Practical Third-Rail System
|Granville T Woods
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|Vehicular Technology 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
|-
|1896
|Safety Dimmer
|Granville T Woods
|New York, NU, USA
|1
|Power & Energy
|-
|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
|-
|Publication of "Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena"
|Steinmetz
|Schenectady, New York, U.S.A.
|1
|Power & 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
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1907
|Upright Vacuum Cleaner
|Spangler
|New Berlin, OH, USA
|2
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1910
|Ni-Cd Battery
|Jungner
|Sweden
|8
|Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1910
|Radio Direction Finder
|Bellini/Tosiboulogne
|France
|8
|Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|1910
|Tungsten Filament
|Coolidge
|Us
|1
|Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1911
|Automobile Self Starter
|Kettering
|Dayton, OH, USA
|2
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|1914
|Electric Traffic Light
|Benesch
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|Power and Energy Society, Product Safety Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|1915
|Transcontinental Telephone
|Bell and Watson
|San Francisco
|3 and 6
|Communications Society
|-
|1916
|Radio Telephone
|Numerous
|Arlington, Virginia
|2
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1916
|Radio Telephone
|Numerous
|San Francisco
|6
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1917
|Superheterodyne
|Armstrong
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1917
|Superheterodyne
|Levy
|France
|8
|Electron Devices
|-
|1917
|VHF
|Marconi
|Wales
|8
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1918
|Electric Refrigerator
|Wales Et Al.
|Detroit, USA
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1918
|Practical AC Clock
|Warren
|Ashland, MA, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1919
|Permanent Electrostatic Fields
|Eguchi
|Japan
|10
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|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
|Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1925
|Cinemascope
|Chretien
|France
|8
|Industrial Electronics Society, Photonics Society
|-
|1925
|Electrodynamic Loudspeaker
|Numerous
|Schenectady, NY, USA
|1
|Signal Processing Society, Power and Energy Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1926
|All-electric Gramaphone
|Brunswick
|Chicago, USA
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1926
|South Africa Lightning Research
|Numerous
|Capetown, South Africa
|8
|Geoscience & Remote Sensing
|-
|1927
|1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) The Jazz Singer
|Numerous Inventors
|Hollywood, USA
|6
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1927
|All-electric Juke Box
|Harrison
|WestChicago, USA
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1927
|Differential Analyzer
|Bush
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|1927
|Negative Feedback Amp
|Black
|Bell Labs
|1
|Circuits and Systems Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1927
|Pentode
|Holst/Tellegen
|Eindhoven, Netherlands
|8
|Circuits and Systems Society, Power and Energy Society
|-
|1927
|Pop-up Toaster
|Strite
|Stillwater, MN, USA
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1927
|Technicolor
|Kalmusetal
|Cambridge, MA, USA
|1
|Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society
|-
|1928
|All-electronic TV
|Farnsworth
|USA
|6
|Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1928
|Geiger Tube
|Geiger/Mulletuebingen
|Germany
|8
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Product Safety Engineering Society
|-
|1929
|Coaxial Cable
|Numerous
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|1929
|Electro-encephalogram
|Berger
|Jena, Germany
|8
|Signal Processing Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1929
|Electron Microscope
|Knoll/Ruska
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1929
|Recording Tape
|Pfleumer
|Austria,  
|8
|Signal Processing Society, Magnetics Society
|-
|1930
|FM
|Armstrong
|Columbia University, New York City
|1
|Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1931
|Commercial Electric Guitar
|Rickenbacker
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
|6
|Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1931
|Electric Razor
|Schick
|Stamford, CT, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1931
|Iconoscope
|Zworykin
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
|2
|Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|1932
|TVA
|Numerous
|Muscle Shoals, AL
|3
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1933
|Wind Turbine Connected To Grid
|
|Balaclava, Ukraine
|8
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1934
|Tone Wheel Electric Organ
|Hammond/Hane
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1934
|Diesel-electric Traction
|Kettering
|Cleveland, OH, USA
|2
|Vehicular Technology Society
|-
|1934
|Radio Beam Aerial Navigation
|Plendl
|Rechlin, Germany
|8
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|1935
|Early Radar
|Watson-Watt
|London, England
|8
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society, Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
|-
|1935
|IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter
|numerous
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1936
|AEG magnetophone Rec. & Tape
|Numerous
|Berlin, Germany
|8
|Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1936
|Boulder Dam
|Numerous
|Boulder City, NV, USA
|6
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1938
|Klystron
|Varian brothers
|Silicon Valley, CA, USA
|6
|Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1938
|Xerography
|Carlson
|New York, NY, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1941
|Honeywell Electronic Autopilot
|Numerous  
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|4
|Robotics and Automation Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
|-
|1941
|Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine
|Putnam
|Grandpa's Knob, VT
|1
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1943
|IBM Mark I
|Numerous
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|1948
|Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating
|Libby
|Chicago, IL, USA
|4
|Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1948
|Experimental Cable TV
|Numerous Inventors
|Oregon, USA
|6
|Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1948
|LP Phonograph Record
|Goldmark
|CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1949
|Electric Guitar
|Fender
|Anaheim, CA, USA
|6
|Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
|-
|1952
|Magnetic Core Memory
|Wang
|Harvard University,  
|1
|Magnetics Society, Computer Society
|-
|1952
|Univac I
|Mauchley/Eckert
|Philadelphia, pa, USA
|2
|Computer Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1954
|Regency Portable Transistor
|Radpies&Koch
|Indianapolis, In, USA
|4
|Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1956
|Commercial Nuclear Power Generation
|Shippingport
|PA, USA
|2
|Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Industrial Electronics Society
|-
|1956
|Fortran Programming Language
|Backus
|New York,  
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|1956
|IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core
|Numerous
|San Jose, CA, USA
|6
|Computer Society, Magnetics Society
|-
|1956
|Atomichron
|National Co. Inc
|Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
|1
|Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Information Theory Society, Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|1956
|Flight Data Recorder ("black Box")                                       
|Ryan
|University of Minnesota, MN, USA
|4
|Reliability Society, Electronics Packaging Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
|-
|1957
|Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
|Kouwenhoven/Knickerbocker/Jude/Safars
|Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
|2
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
|-
|1957
|Alkaline battery
|Lewis Urry
|Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
|2
|Power and Energy Society
|-
|1958
|TI Silicon Junction Transistor
|Teal
|TI, Dallas, TX, USA
|5
|Solid-State Circuits Society
|-
|1958
|Van Allen Belts
|Van Allen
|Ames, IA, USA
|4
|Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
|-
|1959
|Point-to-point Microwave Radio
|Numerous
|Vancouver, Canada
|7
|Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
|-
|1959
|Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled
|Numerous
|Port Arthur, Tx, USA
|5
|Computer Society
|-
|1959
|Tunnel Diode
|Esaki
|Tokyo, Japan
|10
|Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1960
|COBOL
|Numerous
|Washington, DC, USA
|2
|Computer Society
|-
|1960
|Kalman Filter
|Rudolf Kalman
|Baltimore, MD, USA
|2
|Control Systems Society
|-
|1962
|GE Light Emitting Diode
|Numerous
|Syracuse, NY, USA
|1
|Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1962
|Infrared Semiconductor Laser Diode
|Hall et al
|Schenectady, NY USA
|1
|Photonics Society
|-
|1962
|Implantable Pacemaker
|Greatbach
|Clarence, NewYork
|1
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
|-
|1962
|Unimation Industrial Robot
|Numerous
|Danbury, Ma, USA
|1
|Robotics and Automation Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
|-
|1962
|Space War: 1st Computer Game
|Russell/Graetz/Wiitanen
|Brand, Stanford University, USA
|6
|Computer Society
|-
|1963
|Langmuir Lab
|Numerous
|New Mexico
|6
|Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
|-
|1963
|Instant replay
|Tony Verna
|Philadelphia
|2
|Broadcast Technology Society
|-
|1964
|IBM 360
|Numerous
|Endicott, NY, USA
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|1964
|Laser Holography
|Numerous Inventors
|Ann Arbor, MI, USA
|4
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1964
|Voltage-controlled Music Synth
|Moog
|Trumansburg, NY, USA
|1
|Circuits and Systems Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1965
|PDP-8
|Numerous
|Boston, MA, USA
|1
|Computer Society
|-
|1965
|Affordable Home Smoke Detector
|Lakewood
|Colorado, USA
|5
|Product Safety Engineering Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1967
|Dolby Sound
|Dolby
|London, England
|1
|Signal Processing Society
|-
|1967
|Viterbi Algorithm
|Viterbi
|California, USA
|6
|Signal Processing Society, Communications Society
|-
|1968
|Semiconductor Epitaxial Layers MOCVD
|Manasevit
|Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
|
|-
|1970
|Semiconductor Infrared Layer Diode
|Numerous inventors
|Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
|
|-
|1970
|Pascal Programming Language
|Wirth
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|Computer Society
|-
|1970
|Codd's Relational Database Paper
|Codd
|San Jose, CA, USA
|6
|Computer 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
|-
|1974
|First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A)
|Numerous
|Englewood, NJ, USA
|1
|Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society
|-
|1978
|Semiconductor Infrared Laser Diode
|
|Urbana, IL U.S.A.
|
|-
|1979, 1980
|Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
|Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino
|Oxford and Grenoble
|8
|Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
|-
|1980
|Mandelbrot article on fractals
|Mandlebrot
|Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
|1
|Electron Devices Society
|-
|1981
|Scanning Tunneling Microscope
|IBM Labs
|Zurich, Switzerland
|8
|Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
|-
|1982
|Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
|Princeton
|NJ, USA
|2
|Nuclear and Plasma Society
|-
|1988
|Fractal Antenna
|Belmont
|MA, USA
|1
|Antennas & Propagation Society
|-
|1990
|Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing)
|Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute
|New York City, USA
|1
|Signal Processing Society
|}

Latest revision as of 14:18, 5 March 2024

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.

To check whether someone is already working on a specific achievement, consult the Milestones Status Report which shows the status of Milestones or Special Citation proposals.

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

Additional achievements suitable for Milestones include:

Last updated: 30 November 2023

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
Date unknown Abacus Ancient Greece?, Middle East?, India? China? 8 or 10 Computer
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 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 Induction Telegraph Granville T Woods Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 ComSoc
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
1885 Telegraphony Granville T Woods Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 ComSoc
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 Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph Granville T Woods Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 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 Hollerith Washington, DC, USA 2 Computer Society, Computational Intelligence Society
1892 Lorentz Paper On The Electron Lorentz Benelux section 8 Electron Devices Society
1892 Practical Third-Rail System Granville T Woods New York, NY, USA 1 Vehicular Technology 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
1896 Safety Dimmer Granville T Woods New York, NU, USA 1 Power & Energy
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
Publication of "Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena" Steinmetz Schenectady, New York, U.S.A. 1 Power & 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 Consumer Electronics Society
1907 Upright Vacuum Cleaner Spangler New Berlin, OH, USA 2 Consumer Electronics Society
1910 Ni-Cd Battery Jungner Sweden 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Electron Devices Society, Power and Energy Society
1910 Radio Direction Finder Bellini/Tosiboulogne France 8 Antennas and Propagation Society
1910 Tungsten Filament Coolidge Us 1 Circuits and Systems Society
1911 Automobile Self Starter Kettering Dayton, OH, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society
1914 Electric Traffic Light Benesch Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Power and Energy Society, Product Safety Engineering Society, Vehicular Technology Society
1915 Transcontinental Telephone Bell and Watson San Francisco 3 and 6 Communications Society
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous Arlington, Virginia 2 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
1916 Radio Telephone Numerous San Francisco 6 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
1917 Superheterodyne Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1 Electron Devices Society
1917 Superheterodyne Levy France 8 Electron Devices
1917 VHF Marconi Wales 8 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing Society
1918 Electric Refrigerator Wales Et Al. Detroit, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1918 Practical AC Clock Warren Ashland, MA, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1919 Permanent Electrostatic Fields Eguchi Japan 10 Electron Devices Society
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 Consumer Electronics Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1925 Cinemascope Chretien France 8 Industrial Electronics Society, Photonics Society
1925 Electrodynamic Loudspeaker Numerous Schenectady, NY, USA 1 Signal Processing Society, Power and Energy Society, Power Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1926 All-electric Gramaphone Brunswick Chicago, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Power and Energy Society
1926 South Africa Lightning Research Numerous Capetown, South Africa 8 Geoscience & Remote Sensing
1927 1st Commercial Movie with Sound (Talkie) The Jazz Singer Numerous Inventors Hollywood, USA 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1927 All-electric Juke Box Harrison WestChicago, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society
1927 Differential Analyzer Bush Cambridge, MA, USA 1 Computer Society
1927 Negative Feedback Amp Black Bell Labs 1 Circuits and Systems Society, Signal Processing Society
1927 Pentode Holst/Tellegen Eindhoven, Netherlands 8 Circuits and Systems Society, Power and Energy Society
1927 Pop-up Toaster Strite Stillwater, MN, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society
1927 Technicolor Kalmusetal Cambridge, MA, USA 1 Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society
1928 All-electronic TV Farnsworth USA 6 Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1928 Geiger Tube Geiger/Mulletuebingen Germany 8 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Product Safety Engineering Society
1929 Coaxial Cable Numerous New York, NY, USA 1 Broadcast Technology Society
1929 Electro-encephalogram Berger Jena, Germany 8 Signal Processing Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1929 Electron Microscope Knoll/Ruska Berlin, Germany 8 Electron Devices Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1929 Recording Tape Pfleumer Austria, 8 Signal Processing Society, Magnetics Society
1930 FM Armstrong Columbia University, New York City 1 Antennas and Propagation Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1931 Commercial Electric Guitar Rickenbacker Los Angeles, CA, USA 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1931 Electric Razor Schick Stamford, CT, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1931 Iconoscope Zworykin Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2 Signal Processing Society, Photonics Society, Broadcast Technology Society
1932 TVA Numerous Muscle Shoals, AL 3 Power and Energy Society
1933 Wind Turbine Connected To Grid Balaclava, Ukraine 8 Power and Energy Society
1934 Tone Wheel Electric Organ Hammond/Hane Chicago, IL, USA 4 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1934 Diesel-electric Traction Kettering Cleveland, OH, USA 2 Vehicular Technology Society
1934 Radio Beam Aerial Navigation Plendl Rechlin, Germany 8 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
1935 Early Radar Watson-Watt London, England 8 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Antennas and Propagation Society, Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
1935 IBM Mass-prod. Electric Typewriter numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1936 AEG magnetophone Rec. & Tape Numerous Berlin, Germany 8 Magnetics Society, Signal Processing Society
1936 Boulder Dam Numerous Boulder City, NV, USA 6 Power and Energy Society
1938 Klystron Varian brothers Silicon Valley, CA, USA 6 Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1938 Xerography Carlson New York, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1941 Honeywell Electronic Autopilot Numerous Minneapolis, MN, USA 4 Robotics and Automation Society, Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
1941 Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine Putnam Grandpa's Knob, VT 1 Power and Energy Society
1943 IBM Mark I Numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1 Computer Society
1948 Atomic Clock/C-14 Dating Libby Chicago, IL, USA 4 Ultrasonics, Ferroelectics, and Frequency Control Society; Signal Processing Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1948 Experimental Cable TV Numerous Inventors Oregon, USA 6 Broadcast Technology Society, Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society, Information Theory Society, Signal Processing Society
1948 LP Phonograph Record Goldmark CBS Laboratories, NewYork, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1949 Electric Guitar Fender Anaheim, CA, USA 6 Consumer Electronics Society, Signal Processing Society
1952 Magnetic Core Memory Wang Harvard University, 1 Magnetics Society, Computer Society
1952 Univac I Mauchley/Eckert Philadelphia, pa, USA 2 Computer Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1954 Regency Portable Transistor Radpies&Koch Indianapolis, In, USA 4 Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1956 Commercial Nuclear Power Generation Shippingport PA, USA 2 Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Industrial Electronics Society
1956 Fortran Programming Language Backus New York, 1 Computer Society
1956 IBM Comm. Magnetic Memory Core Numerous San Jose, CA, USA 6 Computer Society, Magnetics Society
1956 Atomichron National Co. Inc Melrose, Massachusetts, USA 1 Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Information Theory Society, Broadcast Technology Society
1956 Flight Data Recorder ("black Box") Ryan University of Minnesota, MN, USA 4 Reliability Society, Electronics Packaging Society, Vehicular Technology Society, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
1957 Defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation Kouwenhoven/Knickerbocker/Jude/Safars Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. 2 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1957 Alkaline battery Lewis Urry Eveready Lab, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. 2 Power and Energy Society
1958 TI Silicon Junction Transistor Teal TI, Dallas, TX, USA 5 Solid-State Circuits Society
1958 Van Allen Belts Van Allen Ames, IA, USA 4 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
1959 Point-to-point Microwave Radio Numerous Vancouver, Canada 7 Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Broadcast Technology Society, Antennas and Propagation Society
1959 Texaco/TR Computer-Controlled Numerous Port Arthur, Tx, USA 5 Computer Society
1959 Tunnel Diode Esaki Tokyo, Japan 10 Circuits and Systems Society
1960 COBOL Numerous Washington, DC, USA 2 Computer Society
1960 Kalman Filter Rudolf Kalman Baltimore, MD, USA 2 Control Systems Society
1962 GE Light Emitting Diode Numerous Syracuse, NY, USA 1 Consumer Electronics Society
1962 Infrared Semiconductor Laser Diode Hall et al Schenectady, NY USA 1 Photonics Society
1962 Implantable Pacemaker Greatbach Clarence, NewYork 1 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
1962 Unimation Industrial Robot Numerous Danbury, Ma, USA 1 Robotics and Automation Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Industry Applications Society, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
1962 Space War: 1st Computer Game Russell/Graetz/Wiitanen Brand, Stanford University, USA 6 Computer Society
1963 Langmuir Lab Numerous New Mexico 6 Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
1963 Instant replay Tony Verna Philadelphia 2 Broadcast Technology Society
1964 IBM 360 Numerous Endicott, NY, USA 1 Computer Society
1964 Laser Holography Numerous Inventors Ann Arbor, MI, USA 4 Electron Devices Society
1964 Voltage-controlled Music Synth Moog Trumansburg, NY, USA 1 Circuits and Systems Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1965 PDP-8 Numerous Boston, MA, USA 1 Computer Society
1965 Affordable Home Smoke Detector Lakewood Colorado, USA 5 Product Safety Engineering Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1967 Dolby Sound Dolby London, England 1 Signal Processing Society
1967 Viterbi Algorithm Viterbi California, USA 6 Signal Processing Society, Communications Society
1968 Semiconductor Epitaxial Layers MOCVD Manasevit Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
1970 Semiconductor Infrared Layer Diode Numerous inventors Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
1970 Pascal Programming Language Wirth Zurich, Switzerland 8 Computer Society
1970 Codd's Relational Database Paper Codd San Jose, CA, USA 6 Computer 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
1974 First PCs (Scelbi-8h Mark-8 A) Numerous Englewood, NJ, USA 1 Computer Society, Consumer Electronics Society
1978 Semiconductor Infrared Laser Diode Urbana, IL U.S.A.
1979, 1980 Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Goodenough, Yazami, Yoshino Oxford and Grenoble 8 Computer Society, Circuits and Systems Society
1980 Mandelbrot article on fractals Mandlebrot Yorktown Heights, NY, USA 1 Electron Devices Society
1981 Scanning Tunneling Microscope IBM Labs Zurich, Switzerland 8 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society
1982 Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Princeton NJ, USA 2 Nuclear and Plasma Society
1988 Fractal Antenna Belmont MA, USA 1 Antennas & Propagation Society
1990 Daubechie wavelet (used for signal processing) Ingrid Daubechie at Courant Institute New York City, USA 1 Signal Processing Society
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