1959

• Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductors separately invent the integrated circuit.
• The first Xerox copier is introduced.
• The consumer alkaline battery is invented.

1958

• Stereo records and phonographs are introduced.
• The first consumer stereo headphones become available.
• The FCC creates the Citizens Band (CB) radio service.
• Modems are introduced.

1957

• The Radio Electronics Television Manufacturers Association changes its name to the Electronic Industries Association (EIA).

1956

• The black-and-white portable TV era begins.
• Ampex introduces the commercial videotape recorder.
• The first transatlantic telephone cable becomes operational.
• The computer hard drive is developed.
• The acoustic-suspension loudspeaker is invented.
• The first transistorized stereo receiver comes on the market.

1955

• Narinder Kapany introduces optical fiber.
• Bell Labs builds the first transistorized computer.

1954

• Color TV broadcasting begins.
• The first transistor made from silicon is developed.
• The first mass-market transistor "pocket radio" is introduced at $49.95.

1953

• NTSC-compatible color TV successfully is demonstrated to the FCC; the FCC authorizes broadcasts to begin January 22, 1954.

1952

• UHF TV broadcasts are authorized.
• The first transistorized device, a hearing aid, is sold.

1951

• John T.Mullin, working for Bing Crosby’s Labs, demonstrates a magnetic videotape recorder, an altered audio tape recorder.
• Transcontinental TV is inaugurated in the United States.