Editing Timeline of historic inventions (section)

===21st century===

====2000s====
* '''2000:''' [[Sony]] develops the first prototypes for the [[Blu-ray]] optical disc format. The first prototype player was released in 2004.
* '''2000:''' First documented placement of [[Geocaching]], an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, took place on May 3, 2000, by Dave Ulmer of [[Beavercreek, Oregon]].
* '''2004:''' First [[podcast]], invented by Adam Curry and Dave Winer, is a [[radio program|program]] made available in digital format for [[download]] over the Internet and it usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/podcast |title=Podcast |dictionary=Cambridge Dictionary |edition=Online |access-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podcast|title = Definition of PODCAST| date=21 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/podcast|title=Podcast Definition & Meaning &#124; Britannica Dictionary|website=britannica.com}}</ref>
* '''2005:''' [[YouTube]], the first popular video-streaming site, was founded 
* '''2007:''' [[Netflix]] debuted the first popular video-on-demand service
* '''2007:''' [[Apple Inc.]] released the [[iPhone]]
* '''2007:''' The [[Bank of Scotland]] develops the world's first banking app
* '''2007:''' [[SoundCloud]], the first on-demand service to focus on music is debuted
* '''2007:''' First [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] introduced by [[Amazon (company)]] founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who instructed the company's employees to build the world's best e-reader before Amazon's competitors could. Amazon originally used the codename ''Fiona'' for the device. This hardware evolved from the original Kindle introduced in 2007 and the Kindle DX (with its larger 9.7" screen) introduced in 2009.<ref>[https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7396525/amazon-kindle-design-lab-audible-hachette Inside the secret lab where Amazon is designing the future of reading] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922195339/https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7396525/amazon-kindle-design-lab-audible-hachette |date=September 22, 2017 }} The Verge, 2014</ref>
* '''2008:''' [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] develops the first [[blockchain]].<ref>{{cite book|last1= Narayanan|first1= Arvind|last2= Bonneau|first2= Joseph|last3= Felten|first3= Edward|last4= Miller|first4= Andrew|last5= Goldfeder|first5= Steven|title= Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies: a comprehensive introduction|date= 2016|publisher= Princeton University Press|location= Princeton|isbn= 978-0-691-17169-2}}
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====2010s====
* '''2010:''' The first [[solar sail]] based spacecraft, [[IKAROS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Lin |last2=Phys.org |title=IKAROS unfurls first ever solar sail in space |url=https://phys.org/news/2010-06-ikaros-unfurls-solar-space.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=phys.org |language=en}}</ref>
*'''2010:''' The first [[quantum machine]]<ref>{{cite journal|first=Adrian|last=Cho|title=BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR. The First Quantum Machine|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|year=2010|volume=330|issue=6011|page=1604|doi=10.1126/science.330.6011.1604|bibcode=2010Sci...330.1604C|pmid=21163978}}</ref>
* '''2010:''' The first [[Synthetic biology|synthetic organism]], ''[[Mycoplasma laboratorium]]'' is created by the [[J. Craig Venter Institute]]
* '''2011:''' HIV treatment as prevention ([[HPTN 052]])<ref>{{cite journal|first=Jon|last=Cohen|title=Breakthrough of the Year: HIV Treatment as Prevention|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|year=2011|volume=334|issue=6063|page=1628|doi=10.1126/science.334.6063.1628|bibcode=2011Sci...334.1628C|pmid=22194547|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* '''2013:''' [[Cancer immunotherapy]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.342.6165.1432|title=Cancer Immunotherapy|first=Jenifer|last=Couzin-Franken|journal=Science|date=20 December 2013|volume=342 |issue=6165 |pages=1432–1433 |doi=10.1126/science.342.6165.1432 |pmid=24357284 |access-date=22 December 2013|archive-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222085116/http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1432.full|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''2014:''' The first known "[[NFT]]", ''Quantum'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cascone |first=Sarah |date=May 7, 2021 |title=Sotheby's Is Selling the First NFT Ever Minted – and Bidding Starts at $100 |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-is-hosting-its-first-curated-nft-sale-featuring-the-very-first-nft-ever-minted-1966003 |access-date=November 12, 2021 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref> was created by Kevin McCoy and [[Anil Dash]] in May.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ostroff |first=Caitlin |date=May 8, 2021 |title=The NFT Origin Story, Starring Digital Cats |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nft-origin-story-starring-digital-cats-11620446425 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
* '''2015:''' [[CRISPR]] genome-editing method<ref>{{cite journal|title=Making the cut|first=John|last=Travis|date=18 December 2015|volume=350|issue=6267|pages=1456–1457|journal=Science Magazine|doi=10.1126/science.350.6267.1456|pmid=26680172|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* '''2017:''' [[Google]] publishes a research paper "[[Attention Is All You Need]]" leading to the development into a new deep learning architecture known as the [[Transformer (deep learning architecture)|transformer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Transformers |url=https://www.ft.com/content/37bb01af-ee46-4483-982f-ef3921436a50 |website=Science |publisher=AAAS |access-date=28 November 2018}}</ref>
* '''2018:''' [[Single-cell sequencing]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Choose your 2018 Breakthrough of the Year! |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/choose-your-2018-breakthrough-year |website=Science |publisher=AAAS |access-date=28 November 2018}}</ref>
* '''2019:''' [[IBM]] launches [[IBM Q System One]], its first integrated [[quantum computing]] system for commercial use.

====2020s====
* '''2020:''' The first [[MRNA vaccine]] to be approved by public health medicines regulators is co-developed by [[Pfizer]] and [[BioNTech]] for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-14 |title=Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine {{!}} FDA |website=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |url=https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-COVID-19/pfizer-biontech-COVID-19-vaccine |access-date=2024-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114221304/https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-COVID-19/pfizer-biontech-COVID-19-vaccine |archive-date=14 January 2021 }}</ref>
* '''2020:''' [[OpenAI]] demonstrated an [[Artificial intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] model called [[GPT-3]]. The program was created to generate human-like responses when given prompts.<ref>Kissinger, Henry; Schmidt, Eric; Huttenlocher, Daniel P. (2021). ''The age of AI: and our human future''. Schuyler Schouten (First edition&nbsp;ed.). New York Boston London: Little, Brown and Company. {{ISBN|978-0-316-27380-0}}.</ref>
* '''2021:''' [[Pfizer]] develops [[Paxlovid|the world's first pill]] for [[COVID-19|COVID]].
* '''2022:''' [[ChatGPT]] is launched to the public, making its first mainstream [[generative AI]] to be released.