Science and Technology
1975
Science and Technology:
- The Heimlich maneuver is approved as an emergency treatment for individuals who choking
- Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop GW Basic, a language for programming computers
1976
Science and Technology:
- The U.S. Viking I lands on Mars
- Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak market the apple comp.
- The first Cray comp., called the ‘supercomputer," is built (down)
1977
Science and Technology:
- First personal computers is developed
- The two unmanned Voyager spacecraft are launched
- The Magnetic Resonance Imagine (MRI) scanner is developed (down)
1978
Louise Brown, the first test tube baby, is born (down)
1979
Dr. Spenser Silver of the 3M Corporation created Post-It Notes
On March 28 the Three Mile Island nuclear plant malfunctions and causes concern about the safety of nuclear power plants
Skylab breaks apart and lands in the Indian Ocean and in the Australian desert
Inventions:
1975
The laser-printer
The push-through tab on a drink can
1976
1977
The MRI Scanner
1978
The VisiCale Spreadsheet
The artificial heart Jarvik-K
1979
The Cellular phone
The Cray Supercomputer
The Walkman
The roller-blades