1962 - 1971
 1962 Newspaper colour edition
The Sunday Times introduced Britain's first colour newspaper supplement.
1962 Communications satellite
Bell Labs built and successfully launched the first orbiting communications satellite (Telstar I).
1963 Touch-tone phone
Bell Labs introduced the touch-tone phone to replace the rotary dial phones. This lead the way for telephone services like voice mail.
1963 First kidney transplant
Surgeons at Leeds General Hospital reveal that they have successfully transplanted a kidney from a dead man into a living man.
1964 First pirate radio station
Radio Caroline, began broadcasts from the North Sea, making it the first pirate radio station.
1965 Compact disc
The digital compact disc was invented by James T. Russell. Russell designed a system that would record and replay sounds using light.
1966 Moon landing
Gemini 9 the unmanned Surveyor space-craft lands safely on the moon.
1967 Colour TV
The first colour pictures were transmitted from Wimbledon, by the BBC.
1967 Plastic seats
First injection-moulded plastic chair designed by Joe Colombo.
1967 First Heart transplant
South African surgeon Dr Christian Barnard successfully carries out first heart transplant in Cape Town. Recipient lives for 18 days.
1968 First Internet
Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson worked for Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), hired by the United States Defense Department to set about building the first Internet.
1968 Computer mouse
The computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart to help navigate around a computer. It was first called the X-Y Position Indicator.
1968 BBC win Queen's Award
The BBC won its first Queen's Award , developing broadcasting standards that ensured British and European viewers could see colour pictures of the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games.
1969 UNIX operating system
Bell Laboratories developed the UNIX operating system on a spare minicomputer. Today it is still regarded as one of the most powerful and flexible operating systems.
1969 Supersonic airliner
Concorde supersonic airliner made its maiden flight, UK to France. The test pilots for the flight were Brian Trubshaw and John Cochrane.
1969 First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, walks on the moon.
1970 Stylish record player design
Bang and Olufsen's launch a sophisticated designed record player called the Beogram 4000.
1971 Intel Co introduced the microprocessor
The 4-bit 4004 chip ran at 108 kHz and contained 2300 transistors. Today microprocessors run at over 133 MHz and contain around 5.5 million transistors.
1971 First email sent
Computer engineer, Ray Tomlinson invented internet based email, making it possible to send a messages to another person over a network. The first email message sent was "QWERTYUIOP".
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