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Past as prelude to the FUTURE
- Magazine Article
- 17AUTP04_06
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- English
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Engineers who have done patent searches know there's truth in the old saying: Few things are truly new under the sun.
First hybrid-electric car? 1899. First autonomous car tests? 1920s. First car with a cast-aluminum body structure? 1946. First aircraft to employ titanium in its initial design phase? 1952. First head-up display in aircraft? 1958. First drivable fuel-cell vehicle? 1966. First composite-plastic truck cab? 1967. The list of such pioneering developments is long indeed and rarely fails to surprise.