75 years of innovation at SRI

75 years of innovation at SRI September 1, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Twin Research Registry

The Twin Research Registry is a community registry of identical and fraternal twins to help in research into diseases, traits and behaviors

75 years of innovation at SRI August 19, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: FlexTrain multi-mission instrumentation system for training

FlexTrain is a GPS-based instrumentation system used to track vehicles, units, and individual participants during training exercises or testing events

75 years of innovation at SRI July 28, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: augmented reality binoculars

The first mobile, precision, non-jitter, augmented reality binoculars

75 years of innovation at SRI July 14, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: GPS-denied navigation

Several developments in robotic and vehicle navigation in GPS-denied scenarios

75 years of innovation at SRI June 16, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Air pollution/Ozone depletion

Tests and processes that develop our understanding of the impact of pollution on the planet and how to deal with it

75 years of innovation at SRI June 3, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: SRI SuperFlex Suit (DARPA Warrior Web Program)

A lightweight, unobtrusive exosuit that melds clothing with smart robotics

75 years of innovation at SRI May 20, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: TerraSight® Software

A high quality, real-time video system for advanced situational understanding

75 years of innovation at SRI May 5, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Open Agent Architecture software (OAA®)

The creation of a computing framework to accommodate the use of distributed agents for faster, more autonomous software packages

75 years of innovation at SRI April 21, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: CMOS, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor

Development of a faster, less power-hungry version of a metal oxide semiconductor

75 years of innovation at SRI April 7, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Abacus Drive

One of the only new fixed-ratio rotary transmissions since the Harmonic Drive debuted in the 1960’s

75 years of innovation at SRI April 1, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Electrostatic discharge rods

First commercial electrostatic discharge rod to protect airplane wings from radio interference and static electricity

75 years of innovation at SRI March 12, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Head Start program

The delivery of a rich and resourceful education program for low-income and disadvantaged children

75 years of innovation at SRI March 3, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Acoustic Modem

Commercialization of acoustic modems to allow mass adoption

75 years of innovation at SRI February 18, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Handwriting recognition

The ability to verify handwritten signatures in real-time

75 years of innovation at SRI February 11, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Banking Automation ERMA

A system to provide automated handling of personal checking accounts

75 years of innovation at SRI January 27, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Color television

The second NTSC standard, chosen in 1953, was still used until 2000. This standard was chosen for its compatibility with existing black and white sets

75 years of innovation at SRI January 14, 2021

75 Years of Innovation: Synthetic polymer, Zylon

A plastic that overtook Kevlar in the 1980s as the world’s strongest polymer

75 years of innovation at SRI December 29, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Eyetracker

How SRI opened the world’s eyes to the power of eye-tracking

75 years of innovation at SRI December 18, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: DEAFNET

A computer-based communications network accessed by either a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDDs) or standard computer terminals

75 years of innovation at SRI December 3, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Over the horizon radar

The wide aperture radar facility (WARF) was used for decades of over-the-horizon (OTH) research

75 years of innovation at SRI November 19, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Internetworking

The world’s first connection across three dissimilar networks -– considered to be the first true internet connection

75 years of innovation at SRI November 12, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: 911 emergency call system

Delivery of a robust emergency response system model that considered all moving parts, including technology, delivery and cost

75 years of innovation at SRI October 29, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Spindt cathode field emission technology

A low power, lightweight replacement for older CRT technology allowing the development of modern flat-panel displays

75 years of innovation at SRI October 22, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Digital FAX machine

Commercialization of the fax machine to make sending a document fast, accurate, and available to all

75 years of innovation at SRI October 15, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Iris recognition

The ability to use iris recognition in real-life scenarios by removing previous constraints

75 years of innovation at SRI October 8, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Cash management account (CMA)

World’s first cash management account (CMA) product to aggregate and streamline across financial products

75 years of innovation at SRI October 1, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Optical video disk

The 3M and SRI International collaboration is now a famous pairing on the road to how we experience everyday modern entertainment

75 years of innovation at SRI September 24, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: The Robotic Surgeon (Teleoperator System and Method with Telepresence)

World's first commercial robotic surgical system for remote surgical applications

75 years of innovation at SRI September 17, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: The world’s first commercial Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

World’s first commercial high-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM)

75 years of innovation at SRI September 3, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Advanced postal address recognition

In the late 1990s, the U.S. Postal Service turned to SRI International’s “advanced address recognition system” to automate letter sorting

75 years of innovation at SRI August 27, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: High-definition television (HDTV)

High-definition TV came out of the early 1990s but continues to captivate and command audiences today

75 years of innovation at SRI August 13, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

SRI developed a novel technique within the discipline of fluorescence spectroscopy that could be applied to combustion chemistry

75 years of innovation at SRI August 8, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: TIROS 1 (Television InfraRed Observation Satellite)

A short life but a long legacy: The story of the TIROS-1 Observation Satellite

75 years of innovation at SRI July 30, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: CALO (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes)

A research project that developed an enduring personalized cognitive assistant

75 years of innovation at SRI July 23, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: ARPANET

A collaborative project that gave rise to the modern internet

75 years of innovation at SRI July 16, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: FRASTA (Fracture Surface Topography Analysis)

A method to look at subsurface cracks and their growth patterns to determine topographical characteristics of material fatigue.

75 years of innovation at SRI July 9, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Solar electricity

The first World Symposium on Applied Solar Energy that resulted in the world's first commercially viable amorphous solar silicon cell and several solar energy-related patents

75 years of innovation at SRI July 2, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Motobot

The first autonomous motorcycle-riding humanoid robot.

75 years of innovation at SRI June 26, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR)

SRI developed the first remotely controllable, and relocatable, ISR facility that could be used by research scientists across the world.

75 years of innovation at SRI June 19, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: CCD Broadcast Camera

This CCD camera changed the life of the broadcast camera operator.

75 years of innovation at SRI June 15, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Ultrasound

Ultrasound is used across a wide variety of medical imaging needs.

75 years of innovation at SRI May 28, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: FOX Three Molecular Guidance System

75 years of innovation at SRI May 21, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Centibots

75 years of innovation at SRI May 14, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: LED, first blue-light emitting diode

75 years of innovation at SRI May 7, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: The Computer Mouse

75 years of innovation at SRI May 1, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Siri

75 years of innovation at SRI April 26, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Speech Recognition

75 years of innovation at SRI April 17, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Liquid Crystal Displays

75 years of innovation at SRI April 10, 2020

75 Years of Innovation: Artificial Muscle

75 years of innovation at SRI April 3, 2020