Audion

But Jordan and other engineers at Stanford believed that the device might have a few practical applications and before long it became clear how stunningly correct they were -- the audion was the first electronic vacuum tube, and its descendants ultimately made possible radio, television, radar, medical monitors, navigation systems and computers themselves. ❋ ISCARS (2010)

But Jordan and other engineers at Stanford believed that the device might have a few practical applications and before long it became clear how stunningly correct they were—the audion was the first electronic vacuum tube, and its descendants ultimately made possible radio, television, radar, medical monitors, navigation systems and computers themselves. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2001)

This is a little instrument known as the audion, a wireless electric-wave detector. " ❋ Unknown (1908)

"audion," are both extinct technology today, but in 1913 they gave Vail's company the best * long-distance* lines ever built. ❋ Sterling, Bruce (1992)

Once the tiny audion s potential was unearthed nothing would ever be the same in this green, placid valley. ❋ ISCARS (2010)

Gillette held what looked like an antique glass lightbulb in his hand -- it was an original audion tube, the precursor to the vacuum tube and, ultimately, the silicon computer chip itself. ❋ ISCARS (2010)

Gillette paused, judged distances behind him then tossed the audion tube at Phate, who cried out in horror and dropped the crowbar, trying to catch the antique. ❋ ISCARS (2010)

The inventor's gadget -- the audion tube -- wasn't like the phonograph player or the internal-combustion engine. ❋ ISCARS (2010)

But he assembles strong scientific and anecdotal evidence that the way brains work has been altered with every new medium introduced, from Johannes Gutenberg's printing press to Lee De Forest's audion, and that the Internet may be the most effective mind-mutating technology of all time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oct. 20, 1906: The world gets louder after Lee DeForest tells a meeting of electrical engineers he has created a vacuum tube, which he calls an audion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gillette held what looked like an antique glass lightbulb in his hand—it was an original audion tube, the precursor to the vacuum tube and, ultimately, the silicon computer chip itself. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2001)

"You can make the audion tube ever so much more sensitive to vibration if you put this magnet near it." ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)

"Well, what's the big idea?" asked Bob, looking up from the audion tube he was experimenting with. ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)

"What's a magnet got to do with an audion tube, I'd like to know!" ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)

"It's got to do with that very audion tube you're fussing with." ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)

"It increased the sensitivity of that old audion tube, that's what it did," replied Bob, absently, his mind already busy with inventive thoughts. ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)