With its "genuine superheterodyne circuit" and "standard 22½-volt battery," the Regency TR-1 not only launched portable audio, it also brought us gobbledygook technospeak. The Regency was the first ...

So What Was the Transistor Good For? Transistors may have been useful to the phone company and to a handful of scientists building computers, but that wasn't enough to build an industry. Companies ...

Transistors have come a long way. Like everything else electronic, they’ve become both better and cheaper. According to a recent IEEE article, a transistor cost about $8 in today’s money back in the ...

The future began 75 years ago this week with the invention of the transistor. We’ve been looking at the ecosystems of innovation that grew the transistor into the interconnected, digital revolution.

@Michael Jack. An iPod with the Regency TR-1 in red (1954-55) and TR-4 (black). Recording engineer and music producer Michael Jack has amassed an amazing collection of 1,100 transistor radios.

Transistors have come a long way. Like everything else electronic, they’ve become both better and cheaper. According to a recent IEEE article, a transistor cost about $8 in today’s money back in the ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4152451/4152452" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> We ...

What does a 1954 Regency radio have in common with an iPod? They’re both listed as among the top 50 coolest gadgets of the last 50 years by PC World. “The Regency took radio out of the parlor and put ...

Individual words are basic communication tools that when put together in the proper order can express thoughts and ideas. When you put certain words together, they can be magical. Back in the 1960s, ...

This radio is an early production model, serial number 11520, of the Regency transistor radio. From the serial number and the symbols on the transistors, the radio was built no later than early in the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. overall: 4 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 3/4 ...