Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs in the last 50 Years

1963-2013

Period: Dec 17, 1963 to Dec 18, 2013

Carbon Fiber (T)

Dec 31, 1964

First use of Carbon Fiber by Rolls Royce
1. Flexible light material for a variety of uses in cars, planes and weapons.
2. "Space Elevator" will be made mostly of Carbon Fiber Titanium
3. The coolest cars and spaceships in the world are made of it.
4. The coolest cars and spaceships in the world are made of it.

PC (T)

Jan 18, 1965

First PC was Olivetti Programma 101
1. Allowed people to perform calculations almost instantly
2. Shrunk computers from room filling machines to carriable packages.
3. Made computers available to the "public" for the first time.

Supersonic Airliners (T)

Dec 31, 1968

First was Tupolev Tu-144
1. Allowed travel around the world at supersonic speed available for the public.
2. Revolutionised the way subsonic airplanes are built

Man on Moon (S)

Jul 20, 1969

First was US
1. Landing a man on the moon was man's long dream, finally acheived in 1969, showed that we could conquer space.

Cell Phone (T)

Apr 3, 1973

First Cell Phone was made by Motorola.
1. Allowed for instant communication between people at anytime anywhere with a push of a button.
2. Emergency calls could be placed faster.
3. Ease of acces to people

Solar Panels (T)

Feb 1, 1977

First cell- based panels available to public
1. Free 100% renewable energy that can be cheaply used
2. Can be the solution for energy and environmental problems in the future.
3. End wars

Environmental Awarness (S)

Apr 22, 1977

First Earth Day
1. discovery of Global warming and increase in environmental awarness led to big changes in our lives and the way we manage human resources.
2. Increse in quality of life in feature for life.

DNA Genome Sequencing (S)

Jun 9, 1977

The first full DNA genome to be sequenced was that of bacteriophage φX174.
1. huge discovery in Science that allowed for 1000s and 1000s of new discoveries and tests and coparisons that couldn't be done before.
2. Analysis of different aspects of the genome to synthesize new medicines.
3. Laid out the possibilty for complex genetic mutation to radically change ourselves.

Internet (S)

Jan 31, 1995

1. Allowed for Information sharing across the world between most of it's population
2. Revolutionized our everyday life tasks like shopping and entertainment

Drone (T)

Jul 1, 1995

Production started
1. Allowed remote controlled combat, so the pilots can stay safe
2. could perform more dangerous/ suicidal operations not possible in manned vehicles
3. results in some civilian deaths due to excessive approval.