We helped invent ARPANET. You may know it as The Internet.
The 1960s
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ARPANET
Acoustic modem
SRI scientists made vast improvements to the acoustically coupled modem, which had been invented elsewhere in the early 1960s.
Handwriting recognition, signature verification and pen-input computing
How they know your online you is really you.
Liquid crystal display
LCDs have changed the way people view information on a screen.
Airline reservation system
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.
Dish radio antenna
We invented satellite slang and spacecraft speak.
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.