bell labs
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Cameras In The Future Might Not Need Lenses
Every camera you’ve ever used in your life has a lens that focuses incoming photons on to a light-sensitive surface. But, in the future, cameras might not need lenses at all, and this Bell Labs prototype illustrates how this could be done for cheap.
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How Bell Lab’s Radar Dismantled The Axis Powers
In 1937, the notion of beaming radio waves off distant objects was barely more than speculation, yet in just six years the minds of AT&T’s Bell Labs honed the technology into a potent weapon for the Allies. The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner discusses the fascinating history of the storied think tank.