Today pocket transistor radios manufactured in the 1950s are very collectable. Some models are highly sought after by collectors and regularly sell for hundreds of dollars. It is not uncommon to find ...

The popularity of the pocket-sized transistor radio set adds to everybody’s capacity both for enjoyment and for creating nuisances. It will put a big strain on the British tradition of good manners ...

As World War II gripped Europe, Winston Churchill knew that the conflict would be fought on two fronts—on the battlefield and in the scientific lab. The race between the Allies and the Axis powers to ...

Roger Robinson Webster led the Texas Instruments team that developed the pocket-size transistor radio, the commercial product that ushered in the digital age in 1954. A wizard who built a 1-inch ...