Last updated on March 14, 2016 by scary for kids. Four stories about scary phone calls. Thereâs something very unnerving about strange phonecalls in the middle of the night and unidentified voices on the other end. I grew up on a farm in a remote area and I have always been uneasy about being in the house by myself at night.
1 What present-day device did the invention of the transistor most directly influence? automobile light bulb atomic bomb laptop computer. 2  What present-day device did the invention of the transistor most directly influence? automobile light bulb atomic bomb laptop computer.
Anything that's computerized or uses radio waves depends on semiconductors. Today, most semiconductor chips and transistors are created with silicon. You may have heard expressions like Silicon Valley and the silicon economy, and that's why -- silicon is the heart of any electronic device.A diode is the simplest possible semiconductor device, and is therefore an excellent beginning point if you want to understand how semiconductors work.oday, most semiconductor chips and transistors are created with silicon. You may have heard expressions like Silicon Valley and the silicon economy, and that's why -- silicon is the heart of any electronic device.