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 ...

Growing up is daunting. All those “rites of passage” through which we must travel. The first day of school, exams, dating, awkward holidays with distant relatives. Speaking to young people I find that ...

Sony was to become one of the world’s biggest corporations, and was one of the very first to emerge from postwar Japan, devastated by two atomic bombs and the relentless firebombing that came just ...

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 ...

It wasn’t big, it could cost about $500 in today’s terms, and it was utterly revolutionary. Today it might not seem like much, but this little gadget changed radio — and arguably youth culture itself ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you've ever strolled through a vintage store or an online marketplace, you might have felt that little twinge of nostalgia when you see those early transistor radios. They're not just a blast from ...

The invention of the transistor revolutionized radio, allowing receivers to be made far more compact and portable than ever before. In the middle of the 20th century, the devices exploded in ...

If you are a certain age, you might remember the pocket transistor radio. You could take it anywhere. Under the covers at night, to school, to church. Limited only by your capacity for risk, you could ...