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What do you consider to be the biggest technological advancement for electrical components? | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 68 comments | Search Discussion
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @12:47PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @12:47PM (#765160)

    These simple electromechanical devices allowed people to build things like elevators back when transistor was just a scientific curiosity, and vacuum tubes were expensive and unreliable. My grandmother's apartment block has an elevator system driven entirely by relay-connected circuits.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Saturday November 24 2018, @02:50AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday November 24 2018, @02:50AM (#765786)

    If you haven't, read about the MIT model train project, back in the day.

    https://edgerton.mit.edu/clubs-teams/tech-model-railroad-club [mit.edu]

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