Bell Labs' history of inventions
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It's the birthplace of the transistor, the laser, the solar cell and the fax machine. Its researchers were the first to hear the echoes of the Big Bang. And now this American legend is part of a French company.
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The blueprint for a tiny, ultra-rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago.
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Texas Instruments Inc. engineers and MIT researchers say they've designed a new chip that consumes less power and can be used in devices as varied as medical implants and sensors that detect enemy tanks.
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Using a paraffin cylinder developed by Thomas Edison's laboratory, recorded music becomes a reality.
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Humanoid devices will be used to encourage interest in science and technology.
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Think the iPhone is "the most significant device in the history of wireless communications"? Guess again -- we can think of dozens of gadgets that are more significant. Rate our picks -- and submit your own -- in this poll.
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New nonsilicon transistors could be integrated into existing chip-making processes.
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See in pictures how scientists deciphered the inner workings of mankind's earliest analog computer, a device devised by ancient Mediterranean clockmakers to plot the movements of heavenly bodies. In Gear Factor. By Rob Beschizza.
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The blueprint for a tiny ultra rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago.
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Take a photo tour of the predecessors of your favorite modern-day devices. By Christopher Null from Wired magazine.
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By James Thorner, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.  Sep. 4--Technology companies used to enjoy rich, long lives: Consider  graybeards like IBM and General Electric.   No longer.   Peter Marcotullio, an SRI International executive visiting St.
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Chris Hardwick, co-host of Wired Science on PBS, takes a look at the Neonode N2, a super-small cellphone from Swedish phone startup Neonode.
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Johannes Gutenberg's printing press easily makes anybody's top 10 list of all-time technological achievements. Compiled by Tony Long.
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William A. Wulf says innovation in science and manufacturing starts with the eureka moment, in which people discover the reward in solving problems.
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An astonishing new technology allows one set of sensory information to substitute for another in the brain.
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Last week OPTi announced a patent infringement lawsuit against a bevy of chip companies. At issue are two patents for "Compact ISA-Bus" technology. Check out this and other original content from CNET's Blog network.
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Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than  a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now  created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of  microscopic nanomachines.