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The 1960s

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ARPANET diagram/ flow chart
History of innovation November 17, 2021 Business, Communication, Computing, Firsts, Internet, Seminal Innovations, Software, The 1960s

ARPANET

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We helped invent ARPANET. You may know it as The Internet.

acoustic-modem rotary phone on box with holder for handset
History of innovation November 16, 2021 Communication, Computing, Firsts, Health, Sensing and Devices, Speech/ audio, The 1960s

Acoustic modem

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SRI scientists made vast improvements to the acoustically coupled modem, which had been invented elsewhere in the early 1960s.

History of innovation November 16, 2021 Communication, Computing, Cyber Security, Firsts, Products, Security and Defense, Seminal Innovations, Sensing and Devices, The 1960s

Handwriting recognition, signature verification and pen-input computing

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How they know your online you is really you.

Man holding the first liquid crystal display screen
History of innovation November 16, 2021 Business, Computing, The 1960s

Liquid crystal display

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LCDs have changed the way people view information on a screen.

History of innovation November 16, 2021 Business, Communication, Computing, Firsts, Software, The 1960s, Transportation

Airline reservation system

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From 1962 to 1964, SRI led development of a real-time communications system for the Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) to process passenger reservations and check-in.

stanford satellite dish
History of innovation November 16, 2021 Computing, Earth and Space, Radar, Security and Defense, Sensing and Devices, The 1960s

Dish radio antenna

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We invented satellite slang and spacecraft speak.

photocoag-crew
History of innovation November 16, 2021 Firsts, Health, Physical World, Seminal Innovations, Sensing and Devices, The 1960s

Laser photocoagulation for ophthalmology

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A better way to look at eye surgery.

History of innovation November 16, 2021 Computing, Firsts, The 1960s, Transportation

All-magnetic logic computer

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Virtually indestructible computer circuitry.

History of innovation November 16, 2021 Firsts, Health, Pharmaceutical, Products, Seminal Innovations, The 1960s

Anti-viral: Vidarabine

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Drug originally intended to fight cancer discovered effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.

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