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10h 52min, aug 6, 2017 y - Transistor Radio

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Texas Instruments used Bell Labs' breakthroughs in germanium transistors to develop a small, pocket-sized transistor radio, with the help of a small Indiana company named IDEA. Together, the two companies created a radio called the Regency TR-1, which was announced on Oct. 18, 1954.

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10h 52min, aug 6, 2017 y
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~ 8 years and 10 months ago

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