The Star-Ledger this weekend ran an interesting article about the rise and fall of AT&T Labs, nee Bell Labs. Tasked a decade ago to invent the future of telecommunications, the research wing is quickly dissolving as its top talent ...READ MORE›
The news that Bell Labs is going to be torn down makes me sad. The storied site of many technological inventions, Bell Labs was a throwback to when large corporations actually invested R&D dollars with the farflung future -- not the ...READ MORE›
Your article on Bell Labs innovation ("Mad Scientist," February) was spot-on. The notion of approaching innovation systematically and being ruthless about the allocation of resources to it (plus ensuring that the established ...READ MORE›
Can legendary Bell Labs--and its struggling parent, Alcatel-Lucent--be saved by a "crazy risk taker" who's betting that innovation can be captured in a mathematical formula?READ MORE›
After lunch today at WTF 2004, there were several short, sharp presentations in which speakers were limited to a four-minute time slot. What follows are partial transcripts of the first round of talks, which addressed open-source ...READ MORE›
This weekend I am in Westchester County, New York, for WTF 2004, a grassroots gathering of telecom practitioners and thinkers. The conference has been called a "TED for the Bell Labs set," and the agenda reflects a wide-ranging look ...READ MORE›
When you've got one of the world's biggest man-made disaster zones on your doorstep, it pays to have an Energy Secretary like Steven Chu. Possessor of an enormous brain, he excels at distilling the big picture of climate change into ...READ MORE›
How do you sell an idea at work?
It's an interesting and important question for people hell bent on making a difference.
In "What's The Big Idea" by Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak, there is some great advice. The best of ...READ MORE›
Every year, Thomson Scientific, a division of Thomson Reuters, attempts to predict who will win the Nobel prizes in the medicine, chemistry, physics, and economics categories a few weeks before the official list is released in ...READ MORE›
Not surprisingly, amazing things happen when groups of inventive people congregate. Edison was able to accomplish so many great things, through trial and error and with the help of other inventors in his lab. While modern-day labs ...READ MORE›
From the major dailies:
After 70 Years, French Leave Is Still Not open to All
Back-Seat Driving
Consultant Lets Clients Use "Gut" to Set Final Fee
Ebay Merchants Seek Management Change
A Cure for the Professional Identity ...READ MORE›
Jill Greenberg
Photographer Jill Greenberg created a stir when she made some toddlers cry--on purpose. She'd taken away their lollipops just long enough to get her shot. But there were no tears when she photographed Discovery's ...READ MORE›
The Obama stimulus signed yesterday contains $11 billion for technological upgrades to the electric grid. Huge companies like IBM, Cisco, GE, and now Google all have initiatives and investments in the so-called "smart grid." But ...READ MORE›
Steve Burnett doesn't pretend that he knows why some sites sell and others repel. The key to creating great sites, he says, is to let the people who visit them help you design them: "Users will show us what works."READ MORE›
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