1675 – Britain’s King Charles II established the observatory at Greenwich with the main purpose of determining precise longitudes to aid in navigation. This purpose led to Greenwich being marked as the prime meridian and later Greenwich Mean Time.
1799 – The first definitive prototype metre bars (mètre des Archives) and kilograms were constructed in platinum.
1996 – Quake, the successor to the first-person shooter Doom was released by id Software with music composed by Trent Reznor. The Quake engine offered full real-time 3D rendering and had early support for 3D acceleration through OpenGL. It also added several multiplayer options.
1999 – The first demonstration of live rats directly controlling a robot arm with their thoughts was published by Nature Neuroscience.
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