Guys I'm amazed none of you have mentioned Transistors yet. Without them the internet wouldn't exist, computers would be extremely bulky (As in taking up an entire room as they once did) and expensive, plus have huge power requirements. Vacuum tubes that were replaced cost about 30$ and many were required to run a computer, plus they needed to be replaced often and were large. Now we have transistors on the nanoscale that allow almost all our modern technology to function. Without the transistor, modern society would look far different.





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