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Jun 2023
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Bell Labs (Encore)

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
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What do lasers, photovoltaic cells, the transistor, digital cameras, cell phone technology, the communication satellite, computer networking, radio astronomy, and the UNIX operating system have in common?

They were all invented or developed at the same place by the greatest collection of scientists and engineers ever assembled.

Learn more about Bell Labs, the greatest research laboratory in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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