One of the first computer-based expert systems aids geologists in mineral exploration.
Firsts
Return to the Timeline of innovation.
Air combat training
The first instrumented training system takes flight.
Robot teams: Centibots
Robots coordinate, communicate and create milestones at the same time.
Environmental test methods
SRI methods help develop EPA testing still used today.
CCD broadcast camera
The first commercially available all-solid-state broadcast camera delivers clearer, sharper images than ever before.
High-definition television
We help develop and standardize HDTV technology–and win an Emmy for our contributions.
Virtual advertising insertion
Those in-game ads on TV that made you wonder, “How’d they do that?” We did that.
Cash management accounts
Access to all your money, in all its iterations, in one place.
Internetworking
Today’s internet was born in a 1970’s van.