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the metalloid that booted up the transistor age, then got fired by silicon
first transistorpowered Bell Labs' 1947 device before silicon stole the job
predicted blindMendeleev called its existence years before discovery
named patrioticallyWinkler dubbed it for Germany in 1886
infrared eyesits lenses let night-vision and thermal cameras see heat
fiber backbonedoping it boosts the optical fibers carrying the internet