Timeline of Technology

First Modern Robot

1954

First US Satellite

1958

JFK Pledged $ and Support for Space Program

1960

John Glenn Orbited the Earth

1962

Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon

1969

That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

First Cell Phones

1977

Proliferation of Cell Phones

• 1987: one million Americans

• 1997: 55 million Americans

• 2007: 250 million Americans

First MRI

1977

Voyager Missions Start

1977

First Space Shuttle launched

1981

Sally Ride became first woman astronaut in the US

1983

Internet

1983

Proliferation of the Internet

• 1983: 1% of information carried by internet

• 2000: 51%

• 2007: 97%

First GPS for consumers

1996

Mars Rover

2004

Outsourcing and Offshoring

2004

Telecommuting17.2 Million Americans by 2008

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