 The supercritical airfoil was invented and designed by NASA aeronautical engineer Richard Whitcomb in the 1960s.Testing successfully commenced on a United States Navy Vought F-8U fighter through wind tunnel results in 1971.1971 Microprocessor

The microprocessor is a computer chip that processes instructions and communicates with outside devices, controlling most of the operations of a computer through the central processing unit on a single integrated circuit.