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U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone. Wright Brothers make the first controlled sustained flight in heavier than air aircraft at kitty hawk n.c. -
The roller conveyer belt is patented by the Hymle Goddard of Logan company -
William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president. Mrs. Taft has 80 Japanese cherry trees planted along the banks of the Potomac River -
Frederick Taylor publishes “The Principles of Scientific Management” -
Henry Ford created the first moving assembly line for the mass production of automobiles. The moving assembly line reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes
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U.S. agrees to purchase Danish West Indies for $25 million the treaty was signed Aug. 14 Jeanette Rankin of Montana is the first women elected to the U.S. House of Representatives -
Clarence Birdseye invented this the double belt freezer, enabling the production of frozen food -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight is his the Spirit of St. Louis -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first women elected to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband she is reflected in 1932 and 1938 -
William Edward Deming used statistical methods in management to improve product quality -
Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secret information about the U.S. atomic weaponry to the Soviet’s -
Daryl Chaplin Calvin Southern Fuller and Gerald Pearson invited the solar cell -
Explorer I first American satellite is launched -
The first cylindrical robot is marketed for industrial use named “Versatran” -
General Motors in New Jersey is the first factory to use industrial robots -
General Electric Company scientist, Nick Holonyack, invented the first visible light LED. Holonyack is often called the “Father of the light emitting diode” for his pioneering of the technology.
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee and Sen Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angles California -
The first personal computer is invented by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. It made a big impact on companies, it increases productivity in all production -
Chuck Hull of 3D Systems invented the first 3D printing technology in the early 1980s. The first item he ever printed was a tiny cup that was used as an eye wash.
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Maria Telkes invented the thermoelectric power generator to provide heat for Dover House, first solar-heated house in 1980 she assisted the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Space shuttle challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. It is the worst accident in the history of the U.S. space -
Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42 president. Bomb explodes in basement garage of World Trade Center killing 6, injuring 1000 and causing more than $500 million in damage -
Although the first industrial robot was designed by George Devol in 1954, robotics use has become more advanced and sophisticated in the 21st century.
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Manufacturing USA consists of multiple linked Manufacturing innovation institutes. Each has a unique technological concentration, but is also designed to accelerate U.S. advanced manufacturing as a whole.
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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab developed a 3D-printed version of a “trim-and-drill” tool that Boeing uses to build the wings on its passenger aircraft.