The Nigeria Police Force in its efforts to strengthen national security, has arrested a suspect who cleverly concealed a gun ...

“Upon searching the suspect, a brownie pistol along with 13 rounds of live ammunition was discovered concealed within an MP3 ...

Sony launched the world's first non-projection, fully transistorized television, the TV8-301, in May 1960, about six years ...

The 1960s weren’t just about rock ‘n’ roll and Vietnam War protests; they were also the birthplace of cutting-edge ...

Western Electric did not want to share its crystal-growing technology, so in 1954, the team created an alloy transistor. However, it failed to work well at radio frequencies, so they shifted to ...

They had to catch the attention of the public. That happened with the hand-held radio. The first transistor radio was a joint project between the Regency Division of Industrial Development ...

The humble transistor radio is one of those consumer devices that stubbornly refuses to go away, but it’s fair to say that it’s not the mover and shaker in the world of electronics it might on ...

All handheld radios, as well as desktop radios, use transistors, both discrete as well as contained in chips. The transistor radio was one of the first consumer devices that employed solid state ...

Of course, a transistor in a telephone or in a radio has to handle complex signals. The output contact can't just amplify a steady hum of current, it has to dutifully replicate a person's voice ...

Before the MP3 was the Walkman and before that was the "tranny" - the transistor radio. Personal radios existed before their mass popularity in the 1960's, but then they became a teenage 'must-have'.

some six years after Texas Instruments and Regency brought the first transistor radio to market. Designed to be portable, the TV8 featured an eight-inch black and white display complete with an ...