Dec 14, 2022
How Texas became instrumental in making the transistor a pop hit
21st August 1962: A woman inspects the aerials of Floret transistor radios at the Radio Show at Earl's Court, London. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)
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First, lawmakers are closing in on a federal budget deal to avoid government shutdown. For the next chapter in our series on the transistor, we examine the device's entry into mainstream culture.
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