If you've ever strolled through a vintage store or an online marketplace, you might have felt that little twinge of nostalgia when you see those early transistor radios. They're not just a blast from ...

A handheld AM or FM radio. 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 ...

My first battery-powered radio — a ten-transistor Realtone — came from my Aunt Ina when I was about seven. I used to think I was ten, but the songs from 1973 would be wrong: I distinctly remember ...

Today, you can walk into Dodger Stadium, device in hand. The device lets you make phone calls, send text messages, take photos, access statistics and replays, post your thoughts on social media, play ...

When one thinks of portable consumer electronics that are now largely obsolete, portable CD players, minidisc players, and portable cassette tape players are products that immediately come to mind.

The future began 75 years ago this week with the invention of the transistor. We’ve been looking at the ecosystems of innovation that grew the transistor into the interconnected, digital revolution.

Cellphones are a big deal, but to some of us the transistor was an even bigger deal. I was disobeying my parents staying up ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it. The nanotube radios, in ...

If fondue sets, go-go boots, and transistor radios make you remember the “good ol’ days,” then you probably had a great time in the ’60s. This decade wasn’t just about peace signs and rock ‘n’ roll — ...