exploring how the invention and widespread adoption of the transistor revolutionized radio technology

At the time, vacuum tubes were king - Bell Labs' 1947 transistor invention was not taken seriously by the major radio manufacturers...RCA, Sylvania and ... Oct 5, 2018 ... By the time I was born, radio had been around for over 20 years, but we didn't have television yet. In the evenings we had a leisurely dinner, ... An archetypical case is the invention of radio. To American—and Italian ... year he participated in the invention of a secure transmission system. In 1935 the British produced a number of radio-controlled aircraft to be used as targets for training purposes. ... when it results in civilian deaths ... Edwin Armstrong invented Frequency Modulation radio (FM radio) in 1933, but his employer, RCA, ignored and even boycotted the invention. FM radio vastly ... Nov 7, 2008 ... On June 21, 1909, more than 10 years prior to the launching of America's first commercially licensed radio station, a young inventor named ... In 1893 the inventor Nikolai Tesla demonstrated a wireless radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Despite this demonstration, it was Guglielmo Marconi who is often ... Radio has played a role in world politics and strategy since its invention ... In the same year Navy radio proved its usefulness in a national emergency ... Of the four chief players in American radio's early years, Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor/entrepreneur, and American inventor/entrepreneurs Fessenden, ... May 26, 2020 ... Lamarr's path to inventing the cornerstone of Wi-Fi began when she heard about the Navy's difficulties with radio-controlled torpedoes.