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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD &C) Act of 1938 after it is passed by Congress. This marks the first time it was lawfully required for a manufacturer to show that a drug was safe before it could be sold. -
Werner Jacobi
German engineer Werner Jacobi filed a patent for an integrated-circuit-like semiconducter amplifying device showing 5 transistors on a common substrate in a 3-stage amplifier arrangement. -
Geoffrey W.A. Dummer
Geoffrey William Arnold Dummer presented the idea about the circuit to the public at the Symosium on Progress in Quality Electronic Components in Washington D.C. -
Geoffrey Dummer
Geoffrey William Arnold Dummer went public to show his idea about the circuit, but was unsuccessful to build such a circuit. -
Jack Kilby
Jack Kilby invented the microchip. -
Jack Kilby integrates
Jack Kilby makes the earliest integrated circuit to the world. -
Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
Robert "Rapid" Noyce and Gordon Moore started a small company called Intel. With the help of Moore, Intel went from a small company to one of the biggest names in semiconductor chip manufacturing today. -
Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin joined Intel to develop the very first Central Processing Unit (CPU) on one chip. -
FDA launched
Launched in 2010, this project becomes part of the FDA's Medical Countermeasures Initative. -
Developing a replica
Scientists developed a replica of human liver that allowed them to observe the entire life cycle of hepatitis C. -
Japanese announcement
Japanese researchers announced that they had built a chip that tests how liver, intestine, and breast cancer cells respond to cancer drugs. -
Wyss Institute Announcement
Wyss Institute and Sony DADC announce a collaboration that will globally manufacture expertise to advance the Institute's Organs-on-Chips technologies.
