IEEE Awards - On 3 December 1913 Lee de Forest presented the paper "The Audion—detector and amplifier" at the IRE meeting in New York; this classic paper was published in the Proceedings
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IEEE Industry Engagement Committee on X: "The IEEE Edison Medal is awarded to an individual "for pioneering contributions to the concept, physics, and development of the Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser." #IEEE #IEC #IEEEIndustry #
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