History of innovation
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Banking guidelines for SWIFT
The cornerstone of international banking transactions involving 200 countries and trillions of dollars a year.
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Ethernet
An internal memo at PARC, now part of SRI, proposed a system of linking workstations, files, and printers together using a coaxial cable within a local area network.
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Alto PC
The Alto personal workstation was created at PARC, which is now part of SRI.
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Spindt cold cathode for displays
Revolutionary cathode led to today’s “instant-on” flat-panel computers and televisions.
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Digital FAX machine
SRI develops the prototype for world’s first digital fax machine.
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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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Blue light-emitting diode
The world’s first blue light-emitting diode (LED) lays the foundations for Blu-Ray.
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Formal software methods
We applied hard methods to software development.
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PROSPECTOR computer-based expert system
One of the first computer-based expert systems aids geologists in mineral exploration.
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Air combat training
The first instrumented training system takes flight.
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Cash management accounts
Access to all your money, in all its iterations, in one place.
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Over-the-horizon radar
Seeing thousands of miles beyond the horizon for advances in detection, tracking and mapping.