Return of the Vacuum Tube 313
sciencehabit writes "Peer inside an antique radio and you'll find what look like small light bulbs. They're actually vacuum tubes — the predecessors of the silicon transistor. Vacuum tubes went the way of the dinosaurs in the 1960s, but researchers have now brought them back to life, creating a nano-sized version that's faster and hardier than the transistor (abstract). It's even able to survive the harsh radiation of outer space."
Gives a whole new meaning... (Score:5, Funny)
...to the phrase "a series of tubes."
Sweet (Score:5, Funny)
Now I can have a tube amp in my mp3 player.
But in outer space... (Score:3, Funny)
aren't they just called "tubes"?
Re:Old is new (Score:5, Funny)
Keep seeing all these whippersnappers nowadays wearing the same clothes I wore years ago.
You should have thought of that before you donated them.