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IEEE MOVE
Fun Facts About the History Center's Milestone Program
Did you know Ralph Baer's Brown Box, Mitsubishi Electric's Diamond Vision video display system, and the Transatlantic
Telephone Cable are IEEE Milestones? The IEEE History Center's Milestone program, which is supported by donors,
recognizes outstanding technical developments around the world. Here are some facts about the program.
YEAR LAUNCHED
1983
218
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MILESTONES
SOURCE: IEEE HISTORY CENTER
IEEE PROGRAM
IEEE's Natural Disaster
Relief Program Expands
THE IEEE MOVE (Mobile
Outreach VEhicle) program
provides U.S. communities
hit by natural disasters with
power, phone service, and
Internet access.
The program, which is
sponsored by IEEE-USA
and receives funding from
donations to the IEEE
Foundation, is expanding to
India, Jamaica, and Puerto
Rico, a U.S. territory. MOVE
received funding for the
expansion from the IEEE
New Initiatives Program.
Here is a look at what
MOVE has accomplished.
NUMBER
OF TIMES
DEPLOYED
20
SOURCE: IEEE MOVE
PERCENTAGE OF MILESTONES
DEDICATED BY REGION
REGIONS 1-6
United States:
48.2%
REGION 10
Asia and
Pacific Rim:
19.3%
REGION 9
South America:
1.8%
REGION 8 Europe,
Middle East, and
Africa: 23.4%
MILESTONES
DEDICATED IN 2021
* String galvanometer
* Interferometer at the
Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave
Observatory
REGION 7
Canada: 7.3%
* BCD integrated
circuit
RECENT DISASTER RELIEF
DEPLOYMENTS
Tornado recovery,
Brunswick County, N.C.
February 2021
Hurricane Delta, Louisiana
October 2020
Hurricane Sally, Pensacola, Fla.
September 2020
Hurricane Laura, Lake Charles, La.
September 2020
Hurricane Isaias, North Carolina
August 2020
Debuted 2016
Equipment on board
* Satellite Internet access
* IP phone service
* 100 cellphone chargers
* 10-kilowatt generator
* 900-watt solar panel
array
The IEEE MOVE initiative
often coordinates its efforts
with the American Red Cross.

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