Bell Labs
In the second half of the 20th century, it was a hotbed of unfettered creativity, churning out inventions, patents, and Nobel Prizes. From the TV to the fax machine, to the telephone itself — if Bell Labs didn’t invent it, they probably perfected it. Michelle Mercer looks back at the little lab from New Jersey that could.
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