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

  by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

  

  The transistor was born in 1947 at Bell Labs in New Jersey. We’re looking into the culture of innovation that made it possible.

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• Bell Labs: The research center behind the transistor, and so much more

  by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

  

  Bell Labs was the research arm of AT&T, a monopoly at the time the transistor was invented.

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• What does Nokia Bell Labs look like 75 years since the transistor’s invention?

  by David Brancaccio, Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom

  

  It’s responsible for the transistor, information theory, pioneering satellite work and more.

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• Taking the transistor mainstream with music on the go

  by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

  

  The transistor starts to shine when Texas Instruments asks Regency to make a radio for more mobile listening.

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• The transistor’s role in the birth of Silicon Valley

  by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

  

  Silicon Valley exists for a number of reasons. Chief among them might be the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

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• The transistor’s story is one of innovation and immigration

  by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

  

  Mohamed Atalla of Egypt and Dawon Kahng of Korea are responsible for the technology that helped harness the transistor’s power.

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• Tracing the history of electronics through the Old Calculator Web Museum

  by David Brancaccio, Jarrett Dang and Alex Schroeder

  

  “The first digital use of the transistor for consumers was in a calculator,” says Rick Bensene, curator of the Old Calculator Web Museum.

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