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Dumb boxes', as I have written elsewhere, may be the wave of the most creative future. Whether yes or no, the sharp sting of Saarinens Bell Labs building, and the story behind it, lingers on.

We must not avoid the questions it raises, especially those of us who have made considerable effort to explore other ways of thinking.

~ Lebbeus Woods

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1964, Bell Labs

Bell Labs, The Picturephone

Picturephone was introduced at the 1964 Worlds Fair, but it proved to be a flop because of high development costs.

1974, Bell Labs

Bell Labs, The Researchers

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-Willard Boyle, left, and George Smith at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. with a charge-coupled device-

ca. 1961, Bell Labs

Bell Labs

-Donald Herriot, Ali Javan, and William Bennett with one of the first lasers-

Here a very nice article on "True Innovation" (New York Times): http://www.nytimes.com/.../innovation-and-the-bell-labs

And here, some thoughts by Lebbeus Woods on Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs building: http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/.../saarinens-last.../

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1960

Bell Labs, Echo

-the first communications satellite-

1962, Bell Labs

Bell Labs, The Telstar I Satellite

The communications satellite could transmit television signals and collect data on radiation in

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space.

Bell Labs, The First Trans-Atlantic Telephone Cable

completed in 1956, where it entered shallow water off the coast of Newfoundland

1959/1962, Holmdel Township, New Jersey

Eero Saarinen, Bell Research Lab

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1959/1962, Holmdel Township, New Jersey

Eero Saarinen, Bell Research Lab