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One of the most famous examples of course being the photoelectric effect, which kinda went dead for many decades until it started being applied in digital camer
by pmjordan 18y ago
One of the most famous examples of course being the photoelectric effect, which kinda went dead for many decades until it started being applied in digital cameras.
- michael_nielsen 18y agoThe photoelectric effect was an important step along the way to quantum mechanics, without which there'd be no transistor, and probably no personal computer, or Hacker News.
- cstejerean 18y agoIn case anyone else is wondering what transistors have to do with quantum mechanics http://madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/952639215.Ph.r.html http://madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/952639215.Ph.r.html