Technology and Invention Stories
Inventions, patents, machines and networks: when they were built, who built them and what came next, with sources you can check.
1960
1960 · Technology
Schawlow and Townes receive an optical maser patent
March 22, 19601956
1956 · Technology
The first transatlantic telephone cable enters service
September 25, 1956
1954 · Technology
USS Nautilus Enters Commission
September 30, 19541954
1954 · Technology
Obninsk begins supplying electricity from nuclear power
June 27, 19541952
1952 · Technology
Geoffrey Dummer outlines the integrated-circuit idea
May 7, 19521952
1952 · Technology
The Boeing B-52 prototype takes flight
April 15, 19521951
1951 · Technology
The First Direct Dial Long Distance Call Crosses the United States
November 10, 19511951
1951 · Technology
Shockley announces the junction transistor
July 4, 19511948
1948 · Technology
Columbia demonstrates the long-playing record
June 18, 19481947
1947 · Technology
Bell Laboratories Demonstrates the Transistor
December 23, 19471947
1947 · Technology
The Spruce Goose Flies Once, and Only Once
November 2, 19471947
1947 · Technology