SRI hosted the first national symposium on air pollution in Pasadena, California in 1949.
Electrostatic discharge rods
Innovative rods help protect aircraft from potentially dangerous levels of static electricity.
Movie printing timer
SRI helps develop technology for faster release of new color prints–and wins an Oscar for its role.
Laser photocoagulation for ophthalmology
A better way to look at eye surgery.
All-magnetic logic computer
Virtually indestructible computer circuitry.
Anti-viral: Vidarabine
Drug originally intended to fight cancer discovered effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.
TIROS 1 weather satellite
The world’s first space-based meteorology satellite.
Optical video disk
Optical recording paves the way for first video disk recording/playback system.
Sonar and sea mammals
First laboratory in North America devoted to studying the behavior and physiology of sea mammals.
Malaria treatment: Halofantrine
Treatment for drug-resistant malaria saves countless lives.
Eyetracker
Follow what people are looking at to see solutions clearer.
CMOS integrated circuit
Vital technology still found in most of the world’s electronic circuitry.
The computer mouse and interactive computing
Your Mouse. Our “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System.” Thankfully Mouse won out.
Head Start Program
Assessment of federal efforts to reduce poverty leads to groundbreaking research methodology.
Spindt cold cathode for displays
Revolutionary cathode led to today’s “instant-on” flat-panel computers and televisions.
