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Bell Labs was incorperated
Western electric Research Laboratories and a portion of American Telephone & Telegraph company (AT&T) formed Bell Telephone Laboraties, Inc. as its own entity -
First Facsimile Service
The first facsimile service (fax) is successful in the US; creating an early data newtork -
Herbert Ives
Herbert graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1908 and becomes Director of Electro-Optical Research at Bell Labs and developes the color facsimile (fax machine) and demonstrates lone-distance, two-way television system -
Artificial Larynx
An artificial larynx device makes it possible for people who's larynxes have been surgically removed to speak again -
Radio Altimeter
The first public display of the radio altimeter is used to by bouncing radio signals off the ground, showing pilots the altitude of their planes -
First Long Distance Computing
The first remote operation of a computer from a teletypewriter in New Hampshire to Bell Labs in New York -
The Transistor
The transistor now replaces the vacuum tubes previously used in computers, changing the electronics industry. A Nobel Prize was awarded to William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain in 1956 for their work in semiconductors and discovering the "transistor effect" -
Transoceanic Cables
The first undersea telephone cables are linked from the US to the UK via Canada. Before 1956, you would have to make international calls through a radio phone system with limited capacity and bandwidth -
Lasers
Bell Labs invent lasers which are light amplifications by stimulating radiation emission. This leads to improvements in communications, material processing, optics, medicine, and energy industries -
Telstar I
Telstar I is the world's first active orbiting satellite. The communications satellite consisted of 3600 solar cells for power. In 1962, when is was launched, it made over 400 telephone, fax, and television transmissions. -
Touch-Tone Telephone
Bell Labs creates the touch-tone phone which eliminates the rotary dial by the use of pushing buttons -
Dennis Ritchie
Ritchie started working at Bell Labs in 1967. Through his work, and Ken Thompson, he developed the new operating system called UNIX. Ritchie also contributed to the creation of C programming language in the 1970s. UNIXs variations are used in many of the world's internet and cell phones today. -
The C Language
Developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie and others, the C computer language is considered the most widely used computer language of all time. The creation of this language allows coding of applications that were previously coded in assembly language. -
Single Chip DSP
The DSP-1 is designed for complex mathematical abilities. This component became key in ESS switching platform. It has since been incorporated into many telecommunications applications including the mobile phone systems, PC, and video game platforms. -
C++ Language
C++ was designed for the UNIX system and represents a better version of C language which improves the quality of code produced -
MRI
Bell Labs researcher, Seiji Ogawa and colleagues develope a foundation for resonance imaging that measures oxygenation of blood flowing through the brain. This mapping technique gives medical professions the functional MRI which is still used today for medical diagnosis and neurological research. -
Photonic Integrated Circuit
New circuits allow integration of multiple components into one package. This miniaturized electronic circuit revolutionized the electronic world leading to reductions in power consumption, size, and cost of networking equipment -
Today at Bell Labs
Quantum Computing research performed by Bob Willett and his colleagues lead to justification that further research in this direction is merited. Bell Labs also developed active antenna arrays which send pencil thin beams directly to receivers saves time, money, and energy. G.Fast is a new technology developed by Bell Labs that uses advanced signal processing to turn old copper cables into fast and large broadband speeds without ever having to replace the cables.
