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Invention Milestones
382 dated steps in the history of 136 inventions: earliest evidence, discovery, design, demonstration, patent, first practical use, improvement and wide adoption, with the people, the place and a source for each. Independent inventions, disputed claims and designs never built (such as Leonardo's flying machines) are marked. Years are numbers (negative = BC) with their precision.
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| ID | Invention ID | Invention | Stage | Year | Year low | Year high | Date precision | Date | People | Place | Note | Flags | Source | Source url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 133 | Microprocessor | First practical use | 1971 | Year | 1971 | Federico Faggin; Ted Hoff; Stanley Mazor; Masatoshi Shima | Santa Clara, California | The Intel 4004 is released. | Wikipedia: Microprocessor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor | |||
| 374 | 134 | Global Positioning System (GPS) | Concept or design | 1973 | Year | 1973 | Bradford Parkinson; Roger L. Easton; Ivan A. Getting | United States | The GPS program is started. | Wikipedia: Global Positioning System | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System | |||
| 375 | 134 | Global Positioning System (GPS) | Prototype or demonstration | 1978 | Year | 1978 | United States | The first satellite is launched. | Wikipedia: Global Positioning System | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System | ||||
| 376 | 134 | Global Positioning System (GPS) | Widespread adoption | 1995 | Year | 1995 | Worldwide | GPS reaches full operational capability. | Wikipedia: Global Positioning System | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System | ||||
| 377 | 135 | Mobile (cellular) phone | Prototype or demonstration | 1973 | Year | 1973 | Martin Cooper | New York City | Cooper makes the first handheld cellular call on a Motorola prototype. | Wikipedia: Mobile phone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone | |||
| 378 | 135 | Mobile (cellular) phone | First practical use | 1979 | Year | 1979 | Tokyo, Japan | NTT launches the first commercial cellular network. | Wikipedia: Mobile phone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone | ||||
| 379 | 135 | Mobile (cellular) phone | Widespread adoption | 1983 | Year | 1983 | United States | The first handheld cellphone goes on sale (Motorola DynaTAC 8000x). | Wikipedia: Mobile phone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone | ||||
| 380 | 136 | World Wide Web | Concept or design | 1989 | Year | 1989 | Tim Berners-Lee | CERN | Berners-Lee proposes an information management system. | Wikipedia: World Wide Web | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web | |||
| 381 | 136 | World Wide Web | Prototype or demonstration | 1990 | Year | 1990 | Tim Berners-Lee; Robert Cailliau | CERN | Berners-Lee builds the system between September and December 1990 while he and Cailliau co-write a funding proposal. | Wikipedia: Robert Cailliau | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cailliau | |||
| 382 | 136 | World Wide Web | Widespread adoption | 1993 | Year | 1993 | CERN | CERN makes the web protocol and code available royalty-free; the Mosaic browser follows that year. | Wikipedia: World Wide Web | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web |
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