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First working wooden transistor marks a step toward biodegradable tech

Wood isn’t usually very good at conducting electricity, but now scientists have created the first functional wooden transistor. It’s not the best, and it requires some processing, but it does work and ...
Yahoo

Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...
ExtremeTech

The genesis of the transistor, the single greatest discovery in the last 100 years

The very first transistor -- the foundational block which almost all of modern civilization was built from -- was created at AT&T's Bell Labs on December 23 1947. This first transistor was huge and ...
techtimes

World's First Wood Transistor Could Pave the Way for Electronic Plants

Move over silicon, wood is the latest material to join the transistor game. Researchers at Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have made history by developing the world's ...
New York Sun

Morgan Sparks, 91, Made First Practical Transistor

Morgan Sparks, who led Sandia National Laboratories for nearly a decade and created the first practical transistor, now found in every digital device, died Saturday. He was 91. Sparks worked for 30 ...
EurekAlert!

The world’s first wood transistor

Researchers at Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed the world’s first transistor made of wood. Their study, published in the journal PNAS, paves the way for ...
PBS

Lesson 4

In this lesson, students build two circuits and explore how transistors function. When Bell Labs introduced the transistor in June of 1948, a spokesman proudly announced "This cylindrical object . . .
Marketplace

75 years ago, the transistor ignited the fire of modern innovation

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 ...
SpaceNews

OSU Engineers Create World’s First Transparent Transistor

CORVALLIS – Engineers at Oregon State University have created the world’s first transparent transistor, a see-through electronics component that could open the door to many new products. The advance ...
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What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...
Nanowerk

Researchers invent first-of-its kind solid-state thermal transistor

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from UCLA have unveiled a first-of-its-kind stable and fully solid-state thermal transistor that uses an electric field to dynamically control heat dissipation, to ...