110 histórias, 110 objetos (110 anos do Técnico)

Today, integrated circuits are everywhere and they are crucial for the operation of various devices in our daily lives, such as alarm clocks, coffee machines, or water heaters, but until 1982 there was not a single integrated circuit made entirely in Portugal. The first one was designed and created by Portuguese Técnico researchers, within the scope of an international project, and their names went down in history (and on a micrometric scale). A new era was beginning in Portugal that coincided with the industry-academia knowledge transfer.

• Acknowledgements:
  Carlos Beltran Almeida
  Moisés Piedade

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