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John Randall
English physicists John Randall and Harry Boot develop a compact magnetron for use in airplane radar navigation systems. -
modern computer revolution
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invent the transistor, which allows electronic equipment to made much smaller and leads to the modern computer revolution -
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Joseph-Armand Bombardier perfects his Ski-Doo® snowmobile -
Theodore Maiman
Theodore Maiman invents the ruby laser -
William Armistead and S. Donald Stookey
William Armistead and S. Donald Stookey of Corning Glass Works invent light-sensitive (photochromic) glass. -
Ivan Sutherland
Ivan Sutherland develops Sketchpad, one of the first computer-aided design programs -
IBM
IBM helps to pioneer e-commerce with an airline ticket reservation system called SABRE -
Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper develops the first handheld cellphone (mobile phone). -
Ted Hoff .
Ted Hoff builds the first single-chip computer or microprocessor. -
cds
Compact discs (CDs) are launched as a new way to store music by the Sony and Philips corporations. -
tim berners
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web -
wiki
The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is founded by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales. -
touchscreen
Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad. -
3D
3D TV starts to become more widely available. -
transport
Elon Musk announces "hyperloop"—a giant, pneumatic tube transport system. -
supercomputers
Supercomputers (the world's fastest computers) are now a mere 30 times less powerful than human brains.
