The Shagadellic Sixties

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~The Sixties~

~Technology of the Decade~

During the Sixties many great technological innovations were made to improve the lives of Americans all across the country. The new innovations very from valium to the halogen lamp was invented during this time period. Here is a time line of all the major inventions that took place during the sixties:

1960	The halogen lamp invented.
1961	Valium invented. The nondairy creamer invented.
1962	The audio cassette invented. The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie. Spacewar, the first computer video game invented. Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
1963	The first videodisc invented.
1964	Acrylic paint invented. Permanent-press fabric invented. BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
1965	Astroturf invented. Soft contact lenses invented. NutraSweet invented. The compact disk invented by James Russell. Kevlar invented by Stephanie Louise Kwolek.
1966	Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
1967	The first handheld calculator invented.
1968	The computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart. The first computer with integrated circuits made. Robert Dennard invented RAM (random access memory).
1969	The arpanet (first internet) invented. The artificial heart invented. The ATM invented. The bar-code scanner is invented.

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