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Date Image Innovation City State Country
1751 Book "Experiments and Observations on Electricity" by Benjamin Franklin Philadelphia PA USA
1891 Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant Ophir CO USA
1904 Alexanderson Radio Alternator Schenectady NY USA
1974-1982 First Real-Time Speech Communication on Packet Networks Lexington MA USA
1950-1969 Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches Brevard County FL USA
1939-1945 Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park during World War II Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire UK
1757-1775 Benjamin Franklin's Work in London London England UK
1962-1967 Pioneering Work on the Quartz Electronic Wristwatch Pioneering Work on the Quartz Electronic Wristwatch Neuchâtel Switzerland
1968 CERN Experimental Instrumentation Geneva Meyrin Switzerland
1901 Early Developments in Remote-Control Madrid Spain
1899-1902 First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy Capetown South Africa
1911 Discovery of Superconductivity Discovery of Superconductivity Leiden Netherlands
1979 Compact Disc Audio Player Eindhoven Netherlands
1976 Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video Recording Yokosuka Japan
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
1924 Directive Short Wave Antenna Sendai-shi Japan
1963 First Transpacific Reception of a Television (TV) Signal via Satellite First Transpacific Reception of a Television (TV) Signal via Satellite Takahagi Japan
1984 Satellite First Direct Broadcast Satellite Service Tokyo Japan
1959 Commercialization and Industrialization of Photovoltaic Cells Osaka Japan
1924-1941 Development of Electronic Television Hamamatsu Japan

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