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If you’ve ever watched TV, used a computer mouse, surfed the web, or talked to Siri on an iPhone, you’ve used an innovation tied to SRI’s groundbreaking research. Discover the many ways SRI technologies touch our lives every day.

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Over-the-horizon radar
History of innovation November 17, 2021 Computing, Military, Radar, Safety, Security and Defense, Seminal Innovations, The 1970s, Transportation

Over-the-horizon radar

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Seeing thousands of miles beyond the horizon for advances in detection, tracking and mapping.

Domain names and the Network Information Center
History of innovation November 17, 2021 Business, Communication, Computing, Firsts, Internet, The 1970s

Domain names and the Network Information Center

SRI International

From a simple network information hub to the first ever “dot com.”

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

ARPANET

SRI International

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

SRI International

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

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

Handwriting recognition, signature verification and pen-input computing

SRI International

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

SRI International

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

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

Airline reservation system

SRI International

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, Radar, Security and Defense, Sensing and Devices, Space, The 1960s

Dish radio antenna

SRI International

We invented satellite slang and spacecraft speak.

Banking automation- ERMA
History of innovation November 16, 2021 Business, Computing, Firsts, Seminal Innovations, Software, The 1950s

Banking automation: ERMA

SRI International

Easier money counting led to easier money making.

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