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.
A criminally underappreciated innovation, the transistor is an essential component in nearly every modern electronic gadget. First developed in 1947 by Bell Laboratories, these tiny semiconductor devices allow for precise control of the amount and flow of current through circuit boards.