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Production Automation
Term coined by D.S. Harder (Ford) in 1946. Originally, Ford implemented assembly line machines in 1913. Japan also began using industrial manufacturing automation in the 1930s. -
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification
Invented by Harry Stockman in 1948. RF Harrington added onto this with the idea of scattering data and information in 1963. -
Robotics
Invention of robotics by George Devol. -
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Newell and Simon created the first AI program in 1955. -
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Earliest form (numerical-control programming system) invented by Dr. Patrick J. Hanratty. Ivan Sutherland @ MIT's Lincoln Laboratory invented Sketchpad (first computer technical drawing software) in 1960. -
VR (Virtual Reality)
Origin of VR theory by Morton Heilig. -
ML (Machine Learning)
Defined by Arthur Samuel (IBM) in 1959. -
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ERP
Origins of ERP started in the 1960s by a partnership between J.I. Case and IBM. -
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EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
EDI invented by Ed Guilbert in the 1960s. -
AR (Augmented Reality)
First AR solution (head-mounted display) developed by Ivan Sutherland. -
Internet/WAN
Origins date back to 1969 to joint venture between UCLA & Stanford to create ARPAnet. -
3D Printing
Invented by Chuck Hull. -
VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
Origins date back to 1996 when Gurdeep Singh-Pall (Microsoft) created PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol). -
Big Data
Concept defined and first took off after presentation by John R. Mashey in 1998. -
IoT (Internet of Things)
Officially defined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton (Proctor & Gamble). -
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Cloud Computing
While cloud computing draws its origins back to ARPANET and Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, the first use of the term itself was in George Favaloro (Compaq) and Sean O'Sullivan in 1996. However, it wasn't until 2006-2007 when Cloud Computing was defined by Google and Amazon as we know it in its current state. -
Blockchain technology
Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym, real name unknown) invented Blockchain in its current form as well know it in 2008. However, the first work with cryptographic security on a chain of blocks was described in 1991 by Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornett.