18h 16min, jan 9, 1959 y - Automatically Programmed Tools (APT)
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MIT´s Servomechanisms Laboratory demonstrates computer assisted manufacturing (CAM). The school´s Automatically Programmed Tools project created a language, APT, used to control milling machine operations. At the demonstration, an air force general claimed that the new technology would enable the United States to “build a war machine that nobody would want to tackle.” The machine produced a commemorative ashtray for each attendee.Added to timeline:
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18h 16min, jan 9, 1959 y
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~ 66 years ago