Small Wonders

January, 1985

Since 1948, when that first itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny yellow-polka-dot transistor put a cap on the Tube Age, good things have been coming in smaller and smaller packages. Now, using silicon chips and liquid-crystal displays, engineers can pack yesterday's ICBMs into today's thimbles; soon high tech's high priests will have figured out how many angels can dance on the head of a pin-sized radio. In case you've been looking only at the big picture, you should know that we've entered the age of miniatu...