RCA's First Commercial Junction Transistors Lucite Block Paperweight (1953) Calculators focusing entirely on a clean

focusing entirely on a clean "slab of glass" look with a distinct

"Space Age" style that defined portable electronics of the era

it helped transition video games from a high-tech novelty into a permanent fixture of the American living room

causing the watch to run wildly fast or stop working entirely

"—a tradition that turned the simple act of finishing dessert into a campus-wide sport

RCA's First Commercial Junction Transistors Lucite Block Paperweight (1953) Calculators focusing entirely on a cleanRCA Transistors Memento Two of the First Commercial Junction Transistors, RCA's First Commercially Released Transistors The 1953 RCA transistor Lucite block is a legendary "holy grail" for technology collectors, originally handed out as a high end memento at a pivotal RCA commercial transistor conference in March of that year. At a time when bulky, fragile glass vacuum tubes still powered all electronics, this paperweight served as a physical