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.
If cells are the building blocks of life, transistors are the building blocks of the digital revolution. Without transistors, the technological wonders you use every day -- cell phones, computers, cars -- would be vastly different, if they existed at all.Before transistors, product engineers used vacuum tubes and electromechanical switches to complete electrical circuits.ithout transistors, the technological wonders you use every day -- cell phones, computers, cars -- would be vastly different, if they existed at all. Before transistors, product engineers used vacuum tubes and electromechanical switches to complete electrical circuits.