During those earliest years of primary school, another very influential public broadcast was seen. It described a lost-wax process. Which was used in painting designs on pottery. A pot would be covered in wax. Then, a design would be etched in it. Finally, a color would be applied. This process would be repeated numerous times. Until, a intricate and colorful pattern appeared on the earthenware.
Watching public broadcasting had taught many lesson before this particular one. Basic science concepts were well-learnt well-before attending any science classes among the public schools. One concept that had been taught from watching public broadcasting was the difference between electric conductors and insulators.
You most likely see where this is going. Considering that, Kindergarten was started near '75. However, this young lion gave dear old mom another research idea. He asked if someone could use a similar process for painting a circuit on an typical insulator like glass.
Over the years, it has been heard that William Shockley invented the transistor near '53. And, that Robert Noyce was a co-inventor of the integrated circuit (IC). In fact, Grinnell College, his alma mater, was attended during the academic year starting in '91. However, the IC was not available until the '75 - '76 timeframe. Before then, transistors were a pair of wires connected by an rubber-like insulator with most likely a semi-conducting core.
Its vaguely recalled that dear old dad said that the Radio Corporation of America had a "solid state" product available within eighteen months of the suggestion formally being made. And, he asked if this young lion would like a reminder of his contribution. And, he was told that we would create a "special" handshake that would commemorate the accomplish among the African American community. It was that classic "fist-strike" followed by exclaiming "Solid, man, solid!"
It was heard although it is not known for a fact that before ICs, which arose during the mid-70s, many modern computers had electromechanical relays and mercury switches for representing ones and zeroes. And, some even did their computing in base ten with numerous voltage settings for each switch.
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