The heart of innovation lies not just in knowledge, but in the people who carry it forward, former Stanford University President John Hennessy has pointed out in a keynote speech tracing the arc of ...
Back in 1966, a suitable toy for a geeky kid was a radio kit. You could find simple crystal radio sets or some more advanced ...
The first transistors were point contact devices, not far from the cats-whiskers of early radio receivers. They were fragile and expensive, and their performance was not very high. The transistor ...