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| 1968: National Semiconductor produces its first integrated circuit, the LM-100 voltage regulator. | 1969 Apollo 11 Liftoff | Telstar, the first communications satellite, was made by Bell Labs and launched by NASA in 1962. |
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| A 1963 cassette tape recorder from Philips Research. | A 1962 Bellboy pager from AT&T. | Hearing aids circa 1964 were the first consumer products to use ICs (courtesy of Texas Instruments). |