1970s
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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.
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Environmental causes of lung disease
Foundational study helps establish air quality standards.
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Laser printing
PARC, which is now part of SRI, modulated a laser to create a bit-mapped electronic image on a xerographic copier drum.
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Scenario planning
Our plan was to make decision-making easier for business and government.
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Domain names and the Network Information Center
From a simple network information hub to the first ever “dot com.”