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Date Image Innovation City State Country
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
1911 Discovery of Superconductivity Discovery of Superconductivity Leiden Netherlands
1979 Compact Disc Audio Player Eindhoven Netherlands
1899-1902 First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy First Operational Use Of Wireless Telegraphy Capetown South Africa
1901 Early Developments in Remote-Control Madrid Spain
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
1757-1775 Benjamin Franklin's Work in London London England UK
1939-1945 Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park during World War II Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire UK
1957-1958 Arne Larsson First Wearable Cardiac Pacemaker Toronto CA 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
1969 Birthplace of the Internet Mountain View CA USA
1947 Transistor Transistor Murray Hill NJ USA
1907 AC Electrification of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (DUPE: IEEE+ASME) AC Electrification of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (DUPE: IEEE+ASME) Cos Cob CT USA
1895 Adams Hydroelectric Generating Plant Niagara Falls NY USA
1876 First Intelligible Voice Transmission over Electric Wire Boston MA USA
1852 Electric Fire Alarm System Electric Fire Alarm System Boston MA USA

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