Post Tagged with: "Bell Laboratories"

Profile America: Electronic Advance

Profile America: Electronic Advance

One of the most important inventions of modern times dates back 70 years this month. In 1947, three Bell Laboratory scientists successfully tested what would become the junction transistor, vital to our information age. The three shared the Nobel Prize […]

by · December 31, 2017 · History, Profile America, Technology
Profile America: The Transistor Breakthrough

Profile America: The Transistor Breakthrough

Thursday, July 13 — One of the most important inventions of our time was announced in early July 1948 in a press release by Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. It was the transfer resistance device — far better known as […]

by · July 13, 2017 · Profile America, Technology
A Higher Power: Solar Battery Invented

A Higher Power: Solar Battery Invented

Tuesday, April 25 — On this date in 1954, Bell Laboratories in New York announced the prototype manufacture of a new solar battery, or what we now call a solar cell. The new cell was capable of a 6 percent energy […]

by · April 25, 2017 · Profile America, Technology
Profile America: Electronic Transistor

Profile America: Electronic Transistor

Thursday, December 22 — One of the most important inventions of modern times dates to this week in 1947. Three Bell Laboratory scientists successfully tested what would become the junction transistor, vital to our information age. The three shared the Nobel […]

by · December 22, 2016 · Profile America

Profile America: The Transistor 

One of the most important inventions of our time — the transistor — was announced in early July 1948 by Bell Laboratories (New Jersey).