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Tech History Today – Feb. 6

February 6, 2012 by

In 1957 – MIT introduced the cryotron, the first practical demonstration of superconductivity, invented by Dudley Allen Buck. The Cryotron paved the way for the intergrated circuit which used semiconductivity.

In 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for miniaturized electronic circuits, the first patent for what we now call integrated circuits.

In 1971 – Apollo 14’s Lunar Module lifted off from the moon returning astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell to the Command Module. Shepard had made extra history by becoming the first human to hit a golf ball on the moon.

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2 Responses to Tech History Today – Feb. 6

  1. John on February 6, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Just wanted you to know that my students really enjoy seeing Tech History Today. We watch the days episode before beginning class.

    John Hardy
    Information Technology Teacher

  2. Tom on February 6, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Hey John, glad to hear that. Sorry we’re not producing the video anymore. But I’ll keep posting the events here and include links to my sources. Hope that still proves helpful.

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