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1960s

1969

Head Start Program

Assessment of federal efforts to reduce poverty leads to groundbreaking research methodology.

1960s Federal Programs Seminal innovations

1969

ARPANET

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

1960s Communication Firsts Internet Seminal innovations Software

1968

Computer mouse and interactive computing

Your Mouse. Our “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System.” Thankfully Mouse won out.

1960s Communication Firsts Products Seminal innovations Software

1966

Acoustic modem

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

1960s Communication Firsts Sensing and devices Speech/audio

1966

Shakey the Robot

Our robot was so self-aware we almost didn’t tell him his name was Shakey.

1960s Artificial intelligence Firsts Robotics Seminal innovations Software

1965

CMOS integrated circuit

Vital technology still found in most of the world’s electronic circuitry

1960s Firsts Products Seminal innovations Sensing and devices

1965

Eyetracker

Follow what people are looking at to see solutions clearer.

1960s Firsts Products Sensing and devices

1965

Malaria treatment: Halofantrine

Treatment for drug-resistant malaria saves countless lives.

1960s Federal Programs Military Pharmaceutical

1964

Sonar and sea mammals

First laboratory in North America devoted to studying the behavior and physiology of sea mammals

1960s Earth and Space Sensing and devices Speech/audio

1964

Handwriting recognition, signature verification and pen-input computing

How they know your online you is really you.

1960s Communication Cyber security Firsts Products Security and defense Seminal innovations Sensing and devices

1963

Optical video disk

Optical recording paves the way for first video disk recording/playback system.

1960s Broadcasting Firsts Products Seminal innovations

1963

Liquid crystal display

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

1960s

1962

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.

1960s Communication Firsts Software Transportation

1960

TIROS 1 weather satellite

World’s first space-based meteorology satellite

1960s Earth and Space Firsts Sensing and devices

1960

Anti-viral: Vidarabine

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

1960s Firsts Pharmaceutical Products Seminal innovations

1960

All-magnetic logic computer

Virtually indestructible computer circuitry

1960s Firsts Transportation

1960

Laser photocoagulation for ophthalmology

A better way to look at eye surgery.

1960s Firsts Seminal innovations Sensing and devices

1960s

Dish radio antenna

We invented satellite slang and spacecraft speak.

1960s Earth and Space Radar Security and defense Sensing and devices

1960s

Head Start Program

ARPANET

Computer mouse and interactive computing

Acoustic modem

Shakey the Robot

CMOS integrated circuit

Eyetracker

Malaria treatment: Halofantrine

Sonar and sea mammals

Handwriting recognition, signature verification and pen-input computing

Optical video disk

Liquid crystal display

Airline reservation system

TIROS 1 weather satellite

Anti-viral: Vidarabine

All-magnetic logic computer

Laser photocoagulation for ophthalmology

Dish radio antenna

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