[Celebrating 50 Years] Celebrating 50 Years Of Technology
Welcome to our 50th Anniversary commemorative issue. Serving the industry longer than any publication in the EOEM field, Electronic Design has come of age with many of the pioneering people and companies that introduced the groundbreaking...
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Thomas Morgan
[Celebrating 50 Years] Reflections: On The Industry And Design
While I was relaxing at home one recent weekend, I noticed my daughter's fingers flicking like lightning across the keypad of her cell phone as she responded to a text message. At the same time, my son was playing one of his favorite video games on...
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Dave Bursky
[Celebrating 50 Years] 1960s: Social Chaos Meets Logical Order
Flush from the prosperity of the late fifties, the United States entered the 1960s with more of a sense of manifest destiny than ever before. Having established itself as the world's leading superpower, the U.S. stood at the threshold of a period of...
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Lisa Maliniak
[Celebrating 50 Years] 1980s: And The Walls Came Tumbling Down
It's difficult to think of the eighties as anything but a time of mind-bending change. As the seventies ended, America was in the grip of a frustrating standoff with Islamic militants holding U.S. citizens hostage, underscoring the nation's...
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Lisa Maliniak
[Celebrating 50 Years] Survivors: Fifty Years And Still Going Strong
Electronic Design's golden anniversary has us wondering... how many electronics companies have also hit the 50-year mark? Probably more than you think. So here's a look at 50 companies that have passed the half-century milestone of plying their trade...
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Lisa Maliniak
[Celebrating 50 Years] Ten Notable Flops: Learning From Mistakes
The past 50 years of electronics history has seen its share of product and technology mistakes. Ideas that didn't quite hit the mark. Some fizzled out, some eventually gave way to better, more successful products, and others found dazzling success in...
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Lisa Maliniak
[Celebrating 50 Years] For People: Making Life Better, Fuller, Safer, Longer
Just as nuclear power has changed the world forever, so has electronics technology. Unprecedented technological advances are poised to usher in the brave new world of the future with unparalleled comfort and entertainment. These advances will permeate...
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Roger Allan
[Celebrating 50 Years] For Government: Will It Be A Blessing Or A Bane?
Like it or not, the very electronics technology that will improve every facet of our lives and let us have tons of fun will also be used by the government—for better or for worse? It's too soon to tell. Powerful surveillance and law-enforcement...
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Roger Allan
[Celebrating 50 Years] For Fun: We're Not In Kansas Anymore...
The coming decades will be filled with the wonders of fun electronics that will capture your imagination—whether you're relaxing at home, attending a concert or spectator sport, riding your bike, driving your car, or simply taking a walk. You...
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Roger Allan
[Celebrating 50 Years] Photo Finish: Picture Treasure Trove
In the course of researching our commemorative issue, we came across a surplus of wonderful photos that we simply had to share with you. Some are vintage treasures, some depict future developments, and some are just plain fun. At the bottom of these...
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Staff
[Celebrating 50 Years] Chronicles: Tracing 50 Years Of Technology
Electronic Design magazine and the electronics industry literally grew up together. The transistor was still just a newborn technology in search of its Killer App when the first issue of Electronic Design arrived in mailboxes during...
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Staff
[Celebrating 50 Years] Electronic Design Looks Ahead To The Next 50 Years
In this industry section, we present largely a practical view of the years ahead for electronics technology. More often than not, futuristic predictions of 50 years out are likely to be the proverbial "pie in the sky." So, to keep our look ahead well...
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Staff
[Celebrating 50 Years] Electronics Technology For The Ages
In the decades to come, electronics will continue to surpass itself, with each new generation offering significant advances over the one preceding it. We can look forward to amazing conveniences in our homes, cars that practically drive themselves, a...
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Staff
[Celebrating 50 Years] Engineering Hall Of Fame
With this issue, Electronic Design is officially establishing and opening its Engineering Hall of Fame. It's hard to believe, despite the many astronomical contributions of electronics engineers from the outset of the industry, that there has...
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Staff
