transistor
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We followed games on transistor radios and TV, and did our best to imitate star players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They could strengthen control over the transistor gate, or they could protect the mobility of the charge carriers moving through the device.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The bells of the ice-cream truck jangled across the street, and a sudden roar burst from a dozen transistor radios.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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Their computations, which are in effect the switching on and off of microscopic silicon transistors that make up a chip, are actually silent.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
They engineered two versions of bacterial transistors that respond to a molecule called OC 6.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers created two types of bacterial transistors and three additional bacterial strains that act as relays between them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
For decades, much of the effort to improve transistors has centered on discovering better semiconductor materials or making devices smaller.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
They glued transistors to their ears all summer, even during Jorge del Pino’s brief hospital stays, and cheered when the Mets caught fire and the Cubs finally folded.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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