- Google in the news, again. First with the FCC conflict of interest, then with the Wikipedia clone, then with the Blackberry-Google calendar mashup.
- Meteor show peaks tonight.
- Look for increasing stories about the invention of the transistor. It’s the 60th anniversary!
- Wii sales higher than ever. Record-breaking November.
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In the 1960’s there was an article in Physics Today with a photostat of a patent application from the early 1930. The Physics Today article described how the device functioned & it was what a ‘transistor’ does.
Anyone else remember this ?
Was that the first ‘transistor’ ?
Not bad for a Gamecube on steroids, I wonder if the US version of the Wii Fit accesory will support 300+ lbs users.
Hey! If the transistor was invented in 1947, it would be SIXTY years old now.
Isn’t it incredible that after all the years of having vacuum tubes that someone just happened to dope germanium and silicon junctions to make the transistor? Go figure…