What happened to Bell Labs?

In today’s world of Apple, Google and Facebook, the name may not ring any bells for most readers, but for decades – from the 1920s through the 1980s – Bell Labs, the research and development wing of AT&T, was the most innovative scientific organisation in the world. As Jon Gertner argues in his riveting new book, The Idea Factory, it was where the future was invented.

Read Full Story>>