Who invented the transistor? Was it back-engineered after Roswell?
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History of the Transistor (the "Crystal Triode")\n \n \n"Bell Labs is the birthplace of the Transistor, inventing the device that led to a communications revolution. \n\nJohn Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley discovered the transistor effect and developed the first device in December 1947, while the three were members of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ.  [To view the patent, see US Patent #02569347 which was issued on September 25, 1951]  They were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1956.
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the latest issue of popular mechanics has an article devoted just to this topic.  John Koza is the inventor.\n\nif i recall, the machine reinvented several patents from scratch, invented a complex lens system, as well as differnet kinds of circuits.  \n\nNASA has recently bought a revolutionary antennae that the computer created.\n\ninventions that were reinvented were:\n\n"Jones swiftly rotates through several other recent inventions, all generated using the same technique as the lens system. There are logic circuits and amplifiers and filters, some of them suitable for the challenging low-power requirements of cellphones and laptops. Each took between one day and one month to evolve, generating an electricity bill of more than $3,000 a month."
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I dont know exactly when they were first made, but they were made to replace transistor tubes, which were vaccuum tubes that were used to channel electrical signals into binary code, in as laymans terms as i can get. They are used in almost all electronics nowdays, and they allow us to have things like personal computers, digital watches, televisions, and many other electronics that we use today. Some of the advantages are they are becoming smaller and smaller, allowing us to make things smaller and lighter. disadvantages are they are much harder to detect when they fail, and much more difficult to replace than the old "t-tubes." Some examples of microelectronics are memory cards, MP3 cards, Ipods, etc...which use diodes, resistors, transistors, capacitors, amplifiers, and all sorts of other items.
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L. Ron Hubbard invented it.  I don't really understand what they teach.  I was trying to read about it last week, but I don't get it, here's there link.
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They havent yet. Not in the usefull sense. However, I know scientists are sucessfull in creating components for nanobots. They've created ultra small engines, switches, transistors, wires, etc. The tecnological hurdle as I understand it is that 'connecting' these devices are really tricky.
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Change is very real in any field of science. New discoveries always overturn old ways of thinking. Hey, Pluto was deemed a planet till very recently! Some things have been fairly constant in EE since the 1800s - Ohms law, laws of electromagnetism, etc. The entire edifice of EE - whether you are talking about communication, VLSI, power, electronics, etc., is built upon these, and a solid foundation of unshakeable mathematics. It will be your job as an EE to further the progress of science and technology by investigating the limits of performance of today's devices, and proposing new theories to supplement existing ones to make better devices. Change? It is a way of life. If you can't deal with it, then theology is probably a good choice for study.
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Ben Franklin discovered electricity when he was visiting Mars. They have electrical storms something fierce up there, if memory serves me correctly.
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Henry Abraham invented the Astable multivibrator1918. Thats the earliest i can find. Its a monostable multivibrator with capacitor couplings at both ends rather than one. It alows the caircuit to be unstable at both states so it can oscillate from one to the other without stopping. \n\nIts an easier way for implemation of two stae systems
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Was Roswell a weather balloon? where did stealth bomber technology come from, but then again, we have only explored 1% of our oceans, so who knows?
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Reverse engineering of alien technology. Where the heck do you think velcro actually came from??? Vulcan???
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Go to the link below and do a search for "history of electronics" or "fundamentals of electronics" and  you will have your answer.
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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th century. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and can therefore be credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Some of the inventions credited to him were not completely original, but alterations of earlier patents (most famously the light bulb), or were actually the work of his numerous employees. Nevertheless, Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
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A transistor is a semiconductor device that uses a small amount of voltage or electrical current to control a larger change in voltage or current. Because of its fast response and accuracy, it may be used in a wide variety of applications, including amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and as an oscillator. The transistor is the fundamental building block of both digital and analog circuits — the circuitry that governs the operation of computers, cellular phones, and all other modern electronics. Transistors may be packaged individually or as part of an integrated circuit chip, which may hold thousands of transistors in a very small area.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor\n\nIt's a big subject, at that is just a start.
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I am not sure what your exact question is. However, while plato was a great philosopher. I doubt he had the skills required to build the microchip. However plato did say what exists in the realm of ideas can then exist in reality in some form or other. Be it actual invention or merely the spoken word. In reference to this the microchip was a idea that was created (in the 80`s in silicone valley, I believe) then given form. If Plato did built microchips ( a almost amusing concept ) the world would be a much differrent place today. For instance, Nero would have brought his fiddle on ebay, and the Byzantines would have been able to spy on the Syracens with tiny bugging devices. If you are talking about prophesy, their is no such thing. Theirfore Plato neither invented nor prophesized the microchip. It is just a fairly new invention that makes life easier for all of us, and gives us powerful pc`s we can use in the comfort of our own home.
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Cooking food with microwaves was discovered by Percy Spencer while building magnetrons for radar sets at Raytheon. He was working on an active radar set when he noticed a strange sensation, and saw that a chocolate bar he had in his pocket had melted.\n\nIt was patented in 1946
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The Aliens?  Right before they invented the probe.......