List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones
From IEEE Milestones Wiki
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:
- Australian IEEE Members have created a list of important technological events in Australia some of which might also be appropriate for proposal.
- List of Achievements by women for proposal as Milestones
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 |
