Exactly 60 years ago 3 scientists at the Bell laboratory: William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain invented the transistor. The transistor shortly after its invention replaced the Vacum tubes which used huge power and resources and also they we’re very fragile and their life time was relatively short. year by year the transisotor’s performances grew more and more and their size and price dropped. Today you can buy a BC or BD transistor for like 15 cents(US).

Maybe you have no idea what it is and never heard of it, but you use it day-by day in your everyday life: in your car, your Personal Computer, cell phone and lots and lots of other electronical devices. Just think of your PC, the CPU has 147 MILLION transistors , now thats a lot of transistors in a tiny place right?

WRONG! Today’s scientists claim that this is also just the beginning of cybernetics, robotics and artificial intelligence and that there is a high probability that in the future today’s science fiction stories will become reality.

So every time you use a bit complex electronical device think of this tiny component which revolutionized the world of technology and electronics, hell if this component wasn’t invented you wouldn’t probably be here using a computer.

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