First use of the word "robot" by Karel Čapek in his science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Early use of the word 'Punk' to signify a criminal
Isaac Asimov, introduces the "Three Laws of Robotics" in his short story "Runaround"
The word 'Cybernetics' coined by Norbert Wiener
The heart pacemaker, the first implanted mechanical body enhancement, is introduced. Debatedly, this event marks the beginning of the post-human era
The word 'Cyborg' coined by Manfred Clynes
The first space station, the Soviet Salyut 1, is constructed and put into operative use
The Ramones release first album; punk begins
The short story "Cyberpunk" by Bruce Bethke published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories; this is, allegedly, the first use of the term anywhere (Nov.)
The first successfully cloned mammal; Soviet scientists Chaylakhyan, Veprencev, Sviridova, Nikitin had mice "Masha" cloned
The debut of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a publicly available service on the internet
Cyberpunk manifesto was published by Christian As Kinclev in February
The Cyberpunk project and Cyberpunk information database opened in November
Earth's computer systems do not crash. The world does not end.
"I Love You" virus wrecks havoc on the world's computers (May 4)
Little Nicky, was the first cat cloned for commercial reasons
A electrode cap that lets users type messages on a screen using thought alone and a brain implant that enabled a paralysed man to check his email and control a robotic arm were both demonstrated in 2006
