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Tamed lightning convinced to think, taught to obey, packaged smaller every year.
means The branch of science and technology that deals with the controlled flow of electrons through devices like transistors, diodes, and circuits to process signals, store information, or do useful work.
from Built on "electron," coined in the 1890s by Irish physicist George Johnstone Stoney for the fundamental unit of electric charge. He took it from "electric," which traces all the way back to the Greek ēlektron, meaning amber — the fossilized tree resin that, when rubbed, crackles and attracts bits of straw. The ancients noticed this static spark in amber long before anyone dreamed of taming it; the whole electric age is named, in the end, after a glowing yellow stone. "Electronics" as a field name took hold in the early 20th century, as the study of those electrons grew its own discipline.
- first transistor
- Built 1947 from a paperclip and gold foil
- silicon
- Earth's second most abundant element runs your phone
- Moore's law
- Transistor counts doubled roughly every two years for decades
- electron speed
- Signals race wires near the speed of light
- smallest transistors
- Now thinner than a strand of DNA
iphone — apple's smartphone line, 2.2 billion units sold since 2007
playstation 5 — sony's gaming console, 40 million units sold since 2020
samsung galaxy — android smartphone series, over 2 billion units sold globally
tesla model 3 — electric vehicle, best-selling car worldwide with 1.8 million+ units