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3 years ago

The History Of Wireless Everything

Adam Clark Estes

Computing

6 years ago

2 Computer Science Profs + 1 Room + 30 Minutes Of Conversation = Geek Gold

Jamie Condliffe

Beautiful Video Explains How Light Has Been Harnessed For Communication

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6 years ago

Beautiful Video Explains How Light Has Been Harnessed For Communication

Jamie Condliffe

Whether you have fibre supplying Internet access to your home or not, you use optical systems to send and receive information every single day. This stunning video takes a look at the scientists and engineers that have enabled light to be used for human communication.

Computing

6 years ago

How It Felt To Work At Bell Labs In The 60s

Jamie Condliffe

Gadgets

6 years ago

The Price For A Videophone In 1955 Was $US44,000 Adjusted For Inflation

Matt Novak

We’ve been imagining a future of ubiquitous videophones for over a century. And today it’s considered no big deal that we’re able to make video calls with devices that we carry around in our pockets. But it took a while to get to that point. One reason? It was incredibly…

Gadgets

6 years ago

Bell Labs Could Send Sign Language Over The Phone — In 1979

Chris Mills

How Bell Labs Is Reinventing The Future All Over Again

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7 years ago

How Bell Labs Is Reinventing The Future All Over Again

Andrew Tarantola

Inside Bell Labs, Where The Future Is Being Built

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7 years ago

Inside Bell Labs, Where The Future Is Being Built

Nicholas Stango

Inside Bell Labs almost 70 years ago, the invention that defined the 20th century was born: The transistor. On a recent sunny April day here in the present, Gizmodo had the rare opportunity to tour the historic and cutting edge facilities at Bell Labs — and get a preview of…