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1950:
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Regular color television transmission.
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1950:
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Vidicon camera tube improves television picture.
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1950:
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Changeable typewriter typefaces in use.
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1951:
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One and a half million TV sets in U.S., a tenfold jump in one
year.
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1951:
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Cinerama will briefly dazzle with a wide, curved screen and
three projectors.
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1951:
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Computers are sold commercially.
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1951:
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Still camera get built-in flash units.
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1951:
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Coaxial cable reaches coast to coast.
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1952:
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3-D movies offer thrills to the audience.
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1952:
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Bing Crosby's company tests video recording.
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1952:
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Wide-screen Cinerama appears; other systems soon follow.
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1952:
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Sony offers a miniature transistor radio.
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1952:
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EDVAC takes computer technology a giant leap forward.
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1952:
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Univac projects the winner of the presidential election on CBS.
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1952:
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Telephone area codes.
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1952:
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Zenith proposes pay-TV system using punched cards.
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1952:
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Sony offers a miniature transistor radio.
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1953:
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NTSC color standard adopted.
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1953:
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CATV system uses microwave to bring in distant signals.
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1954:
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U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik.
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1954:
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Regular color TV broadcasts begin.
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1954:
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Sporting events are broadcast live in color.
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1954:
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Radio sets in the world now outnumber daily newspapers.
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1954:
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Transistor radios are sold.
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1955:
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Tests begin to communicate via fiber optics.
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1955:
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Music is recorded on tape in stereo.
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1956:
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Ampex builds a practical videotape recorder.
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1956:
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Bell tests the picture phone.
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1956:
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First transatlantic telephone calls by cable.
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1957:
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Soviet Unions Sputnik sends signals from space.
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1957:
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FORTRAN becomes the first high-level language.
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1957:
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A surgical operation is televised.
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1957:
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First book to be entirely phototypeset is offset printed.
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1958:
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Videotape delivers color.
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1958:
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Stereo recording is introduced.
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1958:
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Data moves over regular phone circuits.
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1958:
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Broadcast bounced off rocket, pre-satellite communication.
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1958:
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The laser.
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1958:
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Cable carries FM radio stations.
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1959:
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Local announcements, weather data and local ads go on cable.
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1959:
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The microchip is invented.
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1959:
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Xerox manufactures a plain paper copier.
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1959:
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Bell Labs experiments with artificial intelligence.
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1959:
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French SECAM and German PAL systems introduced.
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