Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-18 19:18:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FDCE1FE4470B33669F34D45F9B6CB883DE6481C8083E9B6C6BBDB117B038287F
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President Biden claims ''We invented the semiconductor'' which is a misleading information. In 1901, the very first semiconductor device, called "cat whiskers," was patented. The device was invented by Jagadis Chandra Bose, who was from India, not the US. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-semiconductor-1991409#:~:text=In%201874%2C%20Karl%20Braun%20discovered,cat%20whiskers%2C%22%20was%20patented. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-semiconductor-1991409#:~:text=In%201874%2C%20Karl%20Braun%20discovered,cat%20whiskers%2C%22%20was%20patented.
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