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Bell Laboratories

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  • Alexander Graham Bell Invents The Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell Invents The Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, and would soon start the Bell Telephone Company. “Telephone Company Histories: THG Resources - Bell Systems.” Telecommunications History Group, Inc., 14 Apr. 2022, www.telcomhistory.org/resources/online-exhibits/telephone-company-histories/.

  • The founding of Bell Telephone Labs

    The founding of Bell Telephone Labs
    Western Electric Research Laboratories and part of the engineering department of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company combine to form Bell Telephone Laboratory. “Physics History Network.” Bell Telephone Laboratories, history.aip.org/phn/21506003.html. Accessed 7 Apr. 2024.

  • Bell Labs Helps Develops Mark 24 Torpedo

    Bell Labs Helps Develops Mark 24 Torpedo
    Bell Laboratories develops the guidance and control for the Mark 24(Mk 24) air-to-sea anti-submarine torpedo. The Mk 24 began development on 13 January 1942 but was completed by October 1942. Wildenberg, Thomas. A Sub-Hunting Bloodhound, U.S. Naval Institute, 13 Oct. 2022, www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2017/october/sub-hunting-bloodhound.

  • The First Transistor

    The First Transistor
    The first transistor was invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley, but William Shockley did not get recognized on the patent. Isaacson, Walter. The Innovators. Available from: VitalSource Bookshelf, Simon & Schuster, 2014.

  • First Practical Silicon Solar Cell

    First Practical Silicon Solar Cell
    Bell Labs discovered that silicon could produce current from light through the work of Daryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller. “This Month in Physics History.” American Physical Society, www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200904/physicshistory.cfm. Accessed 11 Apr. 2024.

  • Bell Labs Develops first TRADIC for the US Air Force

    Bell Labs Develops first TRADIC for the US Air Force
    TRADIC stands for Transistor Digital Computer using no vacuum tubes “Eyes of a Generation...Television’s Living History.” This Is a Television History Book with 10,000 Stories, 50,000 Rare Photos and Thousands of One of a Kind Videos., eyesofageneration.com/july-23-1962-first-world-wide-television-broadcast-via-telstaron-monday-aft/#:~:text=July%2023%2C%201962%E2%80%A6-,First%20World%20Wide%20Television%20Broadcast%20Via%20Telstar,broadcast%20with%20NBC’s%20Chet%20Huntley. Accessed 7 Apr. 2024

  • First worldwide television broadcast via Telstar

    First worldwide television broadcast via Telstar
    A TV broadcast meaning Europeans could watch US channels and programs
    “Eyes of a Generation...Television’s Living History.” This Is a Television History Book with 10,000 Stories, 50,000 Rare Photos and Thousands of One of a Kind Videos., eyesofageneration.com/july-23-1962-first-world-wide-television-broadcast-via-telstaron-monday-aft/#:~:text=July%2023%2C%201962%E2%80%A6-,First%20World%20Wide%20Television%20Broadcast%20Via%20Telstar,broadcast%20with%20NBC’s%20Chet%20Huntley. Accessed 7 Apr. 2024

  • University of California at Berkely Obtains UNIX

    University of California at Berkely Obtains UNIX
    UNIX, Created by Ken Thompson and Dennies Ritchie at Bell Labs, is an operating system that can be modified to what the user wishes. Seng, Edited by D. Hacking and Open Source Culture. Available from: VitalSource Bookshelf, Cognella, Inc., 2019.

  • Philip Warren Anderson wins Nobel Prize for Phyiscs

    Philip Warren Anderson wins Nobel Prize for Phyiscs
    Philip Warren Anderson won 1/3 of the Nobel Prize for, “fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.” Along with Sir Nevill F. Mott and John H. Van Velck “The Nobel Prize in Physics 1977.” NobelPrize.Org, www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1977/anderson/facts/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2024.

  • Bjarne Stroustrup completes designs C++

    Bjarne Stroustrup completes designs C++
    C++ is a very useful language because of how it allows you to write a program and is still in use today. “Bjarne Stroustrup’s Elegant and Efficient Object-Oriented Programming Language.” The Rise of C++ - Bell Labs, web.archive.org/web/20170630230413/bell-labs.com/explore/stories-changed-world/bjarne-stroustrop-awarded-prize-c-language/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2024.

  • The spilt of AT&T-Bell Laboratories

    The spilt of AT&T-Bell Laboratories
    This is when the AT&T-Bell Laboratories had to separate due to anti-trust laws, and caused many regional Bell companies to start to operate. “History of AT&T Brands: AT&T Intellectual Property.” History of AT&T Brands | AT&T Intellectual Property, 5 Oct. 2016, about.att.com/innovation/ip/brands/history.

  • First Transatlantic Fiber Optic Cable Laid by AT&T Bell Labs

    First Transatlantic Fiber Optic Cable Laid by AT&T Bell Labs
    The first fiber optic supbmarine cable, TAT-8, laid from the US to France. “First Optical Transatlantic Cable TAT-8.” First Optical Transatlantic Cable TAT-8 | IEEE Communications Society, www.comsoc.org/node/19856. Accessed 10 Apr. 2024.

  • Bell Laboratories go to Lucent Technologies from AT&T

    Bell Laboratories go to Lucent Technologies from AT&T
    The majority of the Bell Labs that AT&T oversaw now fell under Lucent Technologies, but AT&T retained some researchers to form AT&T Laboratories. “History.” Nokia Bell Labs, www.bell-labs.com/about/history/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2024.

  • Lucent Technologies and Alcatel Merger

    Lucent Technologies and Alcatel Merger
    In 2007, Lucent Technologies merged with Alcatel. The researchers of Bell Labs and Alcatel would join forces. “History.” Nokia Bell Labs, www.bell-labs.com/about/history/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2024.

  • Nokia Buys out Alcatel-Lucent Technologies

    Nokia Buys out Alcatel-Lucent Technologies
    With Bell Labs falling under Nokia, Bell Labs would merge with FurtureWorks, Nokia's researchers. “History.” Nokia Bell Labs, www.bell-labs.com/about/history/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2024.