Amaze and Amuse

     I fondly remember my Transistor radio from my childhood...

     

Using transistor-based circuitry, the transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver, invented in 1947. The first transistor radio (the  Regency TR-1) was developed by Texas Instruments from Dallas and Industrial Development Engineering Associates from Indianapolis, Indiana…at a staggering cost of US$49.95 (equivalent to US$456 today). Besides this price, over 150,000 units were sold.

In August 1955 the first transistor radio was manufactured in Japan and the new brand name “SONY” was given to its first product namely the Sony TR-55.

Needless to say that this radio was extremely popular – especially under the teens of the time.