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Date Image Innovation City State Country
1947 Transistor Transistor Murray Hill NJ USA
1964 JR Central 700 Series Shinkansen set C40 on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Kakegawa and Shizuoka Station Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) Nagoya Ch?bu region Japan
1962 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Portola Valley CA USA
1962-1967 Pioneering Work on the Quartz Electronic Wristwatch Pioneering Work on the Quartz Electronic Wristwatch Neuchâtel Switzerland
New Innovation Gateway Newyork ACT China
1963 NAIC/Arecibo Radiotelescope NAIC/Arecibo Radiotelescope Arecibo PR USA
1906 Georgetown Steam Hydro Generating Plant Georgetown Steam Hydro Generating Plant Seattle WA USA
1906 500 CPS Synchronous Rotary Gap transmitter at Brant Rock, Ma. Ca: 1906. First Wireless Radio Broadcast by Reginald A. Fessenden Brant Rock MA USA
1957-1958 Arne Larsson First Wearable Cardiac Pacemaker Toronto CA USA
1963 First Transpacific Reception of a Television (TV) Signal via Satellite First Transpacific Reception of a Television (TV) Signal via Satellite Takahagi Japan
1962 First Transatlantic Reception of a Television Signal via Satellite First Transatlantic Reception of a Television Signal via Satellite Pleumeur-Bodou France
1953 First Television Broadcast in Western Canada First Television Broadcast in Western Canada North Vancouver BC Canada
1958 First Semiconductor Integrated Circuit (IC) First Semiconductor Integrated Circuit (IC) Dallas TX USA
1974-1982 First Real-Time Speech Communication on Packet Networks Lexington MA USA
1967 First Radio Astronomical Observations Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry First Radio Astronomical Observations Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry Caleden BC Canada
1899-1902 First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy Capetown South Africa
1876 First Intelligible Voice Transmission over Electric Wire Boston MA USA
1876 Bell First Distant Speech Transmission in Canada, Paris Ontario Canada
1984 Satellite First Direct Broadcast Satellite Service Tokyo Japan
1882 First Central Station in South Carolina First Central Station in South Carolina Charleston SC USA

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