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First use of the word "robot" by Karel Čapek in his science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
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Early use of the word 'Punk' to signify a criminal
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Isaac Asimov, introduces the "Three Laws of Robotics" in his short story "Runaround"
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The word 'Cybernetics' coined by Norbert Wiener
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The heart pacemaker, the first implanted mechanical body enhancement, is introduced. Debatedly, this event marks the beginning of the post-human era
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The word 'Cyborg' coined by Manfred Clynes
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The first space station, the Soviet Salyut 1, is constructed and put into operative use
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The Ramones release first album; punk begins
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The short story "Cyberpunk" by Bruce Bethke published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories; this is, allegedly, the first use of the term anywhere (Nov.)
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The first successfully cloned mammal; Soviet scientists Chaylakhyan, Veprencev, Sviridova, Nikitin had mice "Masha" cloned
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The debut of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a publicly available service on the internet
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Cyberpunk manifesto was published by Christian As Kinclev in February
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The Cyberpunk project and Cyberpunk information database opened in November
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Earth's computer systems do not crash. The world does not end.
"I Love You" virus wrecks havoc on the world's computers (May 4) -
Little Nicky, was the first cat cloned for commercial reasons
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A electrode cap that lets users type messages on a screen using thought alone and a brain implant that enabled a paralysed man to check his email and control a robotic arm were both demonstrated in 2006