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The criteria for this list is that the technology must: Exist in some way; purely hypothetical technologies cannot be considered emerging and should be covered in the list of hypothetical technologies instead. However, technologies being actively researched and prototyped are acceptable. Have a Wikipedia article or adjacent citation covering them.
1946 – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) 1946–1953 – Monochrome-Compatible Electronic Color Television; 1946 – Detection of Radar Signals Reflected from the Moon; 1947 – Invention of the First Transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. 1947 – Invention of Holography; 1948 – Birth of the Barcode
The history of miniaturization is associated with the history of information technology based on the succession of switching devices, each smaller, faster, and cheaper than its predecessor. [9] During the period referred to as the Second Industrial Revolution ( c. 1870–1914 ), miniaturization was confined to two-dimensional electronic ...
An example of the former was the gradual roll-out of DVD (digital video disc) as a development intended to follow on from the previous optical technology compact disc. By contrast, disruptive technologies are those where a new method replaces the previous technology and makes it redundant, for example, the replacement of horse-drawn carriages ...
An axe made of iron, dating from the Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden: Iron—as a new material—initiated a dramatic revolution in technology, economy, society, warfare and politics. A technological revolution is a period in which one or more technologies is replaced by another new technology in a short amount of time.
Mycroft, a free and open-source intelligent personal assistant that uses a natural language user interface. [62] PARRY, another early chatterbot, written in 1972 by Kenneth Colby, attempting to simulate a paranoid schizophrenic. [63] SHRDLU, an early natural language processing computer program developed by Terry Winograd at MIT from 1968 to ...
Modern surface-mount electronic components on a printed circuit board, with a large integrated circuit at the top. Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.
NASA spin-off technologies are commercial products and services which have been developed with the help of NASA, through research and development contracts, such as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or STTR awards, licensing of NASA patents, use of NASA facilities, technical assistance from NASA personnel, or data from NASA research.