December 23, 1947 capped off what would become known as the “Miracle Month,” a period that started on November 17 of the same year and that would bring about the development of the transistor. That ...
In the beginning, there was the point-contact transistor. This was the very first transistor ever made, built by Walter Brattain with the help of John Bardeen. It was made of two gold foil contacts ...
What began as research to improve telephone service became one of the most important inventions in electronics history. In 1945, AT&T’s research division, Bell Labs, began working on technology to ...
The future began 75 years ago this week with the invention of something small that’s considered the most manufactured item in human history. Odds are, you are surrounded by them right now. The ...
Bell Laboratories, one of the world’s largest industrial laboratories and now part of Lucent Technologies, was originally the research and development arm of the giant telephone company American ...
The invention of the transistor is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. The transistor was invented in 1947 when three scientists, namely William Shockley, John Bardeen, and ...
The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947. Photos: Sixty years of transistors Michael Kanellos is editor at large at ...
The history of the transistor and similar types. How transistors made an impact on the world. How grudges eventually subside. Transistors are simple electronic devices that boost or switch electrical ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Two early transistors in a sample box ...