We applied hard methods to software development.
Firsts
Return to the Timeline of innovation.
Formal software methods
Domain names and the Network Information Center
From a simple network information hub to the first ever “dot com.”
ARPANET
We helped invent ARPANET. You may know it as The Internet.
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.
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.
Disneyland
How Mickey Mouse found the location for his first house.
Transmission electron microscope
Our revolutionary microscope improved magnification by 10,000 times.
Smog research
Healthier air for L.A. and the world