One of the first computer-based expert systems aids geologists in mineral exploration.
Sensing and Devices
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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.
Radar that penetrates ground and foliage
Innovative radar helps find unexploded ordnance and other concealed items.
Formal software methods
We applied hard methods to software development.
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.
Dish radio antenna
We invented satellite slang and spacecraft speak.
Transmission electron microscope
Our revolutionary microscope improved magnification by 10,000 times.
