The Transistor at 60
The transistor became a reality in December of 1947.
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But here's the too obvious example of how transistors have changed things: I'm a guy sitting in Louisiana commenting on an article in The Sydney Morning Herald to a worldwide audience. And I'm not Walter Cronkite.
Really. It often still amazes me that I can sit here in Washington state linking to articles in local newspapers from all over the world and getting comments from readers similarly farflung.
Via Insty.