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The 1970s in science and technology reached its height with the ambitious Voyager Program, which sent the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 uncrewed expeditions to several of the outer planets in the Solar System. The program also included a Voyager Golden Record with the spaceships in hopes of presenting aspects of life on Earth to intelligent alien ...
Roland releases the drum machine TR-808 which would end up revolutionizing music of all genres in the 1980s to a more electronic/futuristic sound. The drum machine Linn LM-1, also released in 1980, was the more expensive alternative to the TR-808. It became a staple of 1980s pop music.
The worm was launched from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and caused considerable damage. In 1989, its creator became the first person indicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act . December – Europe obtains its first permanent connection to the Internet, by satellite between Princeton University and Stockholm, Sweden .
1980 LaTeX: Leslie Lamport: 1980 Ada 80 (MIL-STD-1815) Jean Ichbiah at CII Honeywell Bull: ALGOL 68, Green 1980 C with classes: Bjarne Stroustrup [7] C, Simula 67 1980 Applesoft III: Apple Computer: Applesoft II BASIC 1980 Apple III Microsoft BASIC: Microsoft Microsoft BASIC 1980–81 CBASIC: Gordon Eubanks: BASIC, Compiler Systems, Digital ...
Educational network version made [citation needed] USA Texas Instruments: TI-99/4, TI-99/4A: TMS9900: 1979: TV, monitor: Cassette, optional floppy disk drive: TMS9918: Several models, more common 4A in 1981; some compatibles made by others [citation needed] Czechoslovakia Tesla: PMD 85: 8080: 1985: TV, monitor: Cassette [citation needed ...
The Micralign, which had "created the modern IC industry", was obsolete by the early 1980s. They were replaced by the new steppers, which used high magnifications and extremely powerful light sources to allow a large mask to be copied onto the wafer at ever-smaller sizes. This technology allowed the industry to break below the former 1 micron ...
Early 1980s breakfast cereal Dinky Donuts started advertising by playing into the decade's weird business fetish, featuring kids in suits giving "expert" opinions about Ralston's cereal made of ...
Lunar landing technology demonstration at Atlas Crater. US: Lunar Flashlight: Moon: Failure: Lunar Flashlight, Lunar orbiting CubeSat that will explore, locate, and estimate size and composition of water ice deposits on the Moon for future exploitation by robots or humans. It was launched with Hakuto-R mission Mission 1. 2023 European Union