Any high-gain Darlington transistor can be used on this touch circuit. The load can be formed by LEDs and the power supply isolated from the power grid.
The transistors are 2N918, 2N3464 and other RF equivalents of the time for Q1. For Q2, 2N3399, 2N2894...
This circuit, which can be used as a shield, was found in a 90s Electronic Design. The circuit...
This interesting intercom circuit was obtained from an Argentine publication from the 1970s....