Bell Labs articles

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  Their only crime was curiosity: what today's hackers owe phone phreaks

  By Jesse Hicks on February 5, 2013 11:45 am + 44 comments

  Once upon a time, in the days before the ubiquitous and invisible internet, there was only one Continue reading…

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  Hearing aids, lasers, and the artificial larynx: inside AT&T's surprising archives

  By Jesse Hicks on January 3, 2013 12:15 pm + 26 comments

  George Kupczak really likes his job. Curly-haired and bespectacled, brimming with enthusiasm, he’s Continue reading…

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  Article

  This is what computer-synthesized speech sounded like in 1963

  By Bryan Bishop on December 26, 2012 05:20 pm + 23 comments

  While the latest from Apple and Google may be shaping modern expectations for what talking computers Continue reading…

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  Watch this: AT&T's 'Challenge of Change,' a vision of the future in 1961

  By T.C. Sottek on May 15, 2012 03:53 pm + 14 comments

  "Do you know what this is? It is a man, talking to a machine. And this is a machine... talking to a Continue reading…

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  Making Yellow Pages ads with cutting-edge computer graphics, circa 1977

  By Adi Robertson on April 12, 2012 09:54 am + 12 comments

  In 2012, it's difficult to remember a time when the Yellow Pages got widespread use as anything more Continue reading…

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  'Hunger Games' audio easter egg: obscure '70s electronic gem from Laurie Spiegel

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 30, 2012 06:14 am + 18 comments

  If you've seen The Hunger Games you might have noticed the eerie, atmospheric music playing during Continue reading…

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  'The Idea Factory': How Bell Labs invented the future

  By Jesse Hicks on March 21, 2012 01:15 pm + 74 comments

  THE IDEA FACTORY: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner The Penguin Continue reading…

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  Bell Labs developing Nethead, a cheaper teleconferencing robot

  By Eddie Fu on November 7, 2011 08:15 pm + 5 comments

  Telepresence robots like iRobot's Ava (pictured above) can be a great way for bedridden students Continue reading…

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  Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of C and Unix, dies at 70

  By Chris Ziegler on October 12, 2011 11:10 pm

  One of the pioneers of modern computing, Dennis Ritchie, has died today of an unspecified illness Continue reading…