Computing and software
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Alto PC
The Alto personal workstation was created at PARC, which is now part of SRI.
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Software implemented fault tolerance
Develop a redundant flight control system that Langley would approve. We made that fly.
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Formal software methods
We applied hard methods to software development.
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Air combat training
The first instrumented training system takes flight.
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Domain names and the Network Information Center
From a simple network information hub to the first ever “dot com.”
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ARPANET
We helped invent ARPANET. You may know it as The Internet.
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The computer mouse and interactive computing
Your Mouse. Our “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System.” Thankfully Mouse won out.
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Shakey the Robot
The first mobile robot that could perceive, plan, and execute assigned tasks.
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Eyetracker
Follow what people are looking at to see solutions clearer.
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CMOS integrated circuit
Vital technology still found in most of the world’s electronic circuitry.
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Handwriting recognition, signature verification and pen-input computing
How they know your online you is really you.
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Liquid crystal display
LCDs have changed the way people view information on a screen.