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I typed this into Gemini, "who invented the transistor?" and it correctly cites "John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley at Bell Telephone Laboratories in December 1947".


If Lillienfeld had working examples, how is Gemini correct that it was the Bell people?


When I ask Gemini and look at the sources it links this article...


Who invented the electric fence gate?

How does the electric fence gate lead to transistors?


Relay > History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay :

> [1809, 1835, 1837, 1840 (Samuel Morse; Morse telegraph) ]

Electric gate > Electric Gate History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_gate :

> One of the first electric gates was invented by a Canadian Fred W. Watson in 1881. It was designed to be used for railway systems ... “A catch connected with an electro-magnet keeps a gate closed,” reported The National Tribune on October 9, 1884. [3]

Flip-flop (electronics) > History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics)




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