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Date Sort ascending Image Innovation City State Country
1958 First Semiconductor Integrated Circuit (IC) First Semiconductor Integrated Circuit (IC) Dallas TX USA
1957-1958 Arne Larsson First Wearable Cardiac Pacemaker Toronto CA USA
1953 First Television Broadcast in Western Canada First Television Broadcast in Western Canada North Vancouver BC Canada
1951 Experimental Breeder Reactor I Experimental Breeder Reactor I Arco ID USA
1950-1969 Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches Brevard County FL USA
1947 Transistor Transistor Murray Hill NJ USA
1946 ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) Philadelphia PA USA
1939-1945 Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park during World War II Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire UK
1939 Atanasoff-Berry Computer Atanasoff-Berry Computer Ames IA USA
1930-1945 Development of Ferrite Materials and Their Applications Nikaho Japan
1924-1941 Development of Electronic Television Hamamatsu Japan
1924 Directive Short Wave Antenna Sendai-shi Japan
1911 Discovery of Superconductivity Discovery of Superconductivity Leiden Netherlands
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
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
1906 Georgetown Steam Hydro Generating Plant Georgetown Steam Hydro Generating Plant Seattle WA USA
1904 Alexanderson Radio Alternator Schenectady NY USA
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
1898 Ontario Power Generation Decew Falls Hydro-Electric Plant Niagara Ontario Canada

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