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	at:1922 text:"The first portable synchronous-audio motion picture system."		at:1922 text:"The first portable synchronous-audio motion picture system."
	at:1927 text:"The first transmission of television images. ~~†[[Transistor]]~~"		at:1927 text:"The first transmission of television images."
	at:1942 text:"Mathematician George Stibitz uses the word ''digital'' in reference to the~electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft~guns in 1942."		at:1942 text:"Mathematician George Stibitz uses the word ''digital'' in reference to the~electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft~guns in 1942."
	at:1944 text:"The development of SIGSALY, a voice scrambling system later used by~various anti-authoritarion organizations."		at:1944 text:"The development of SIGSALY, a voice scrambling system later used by~various anti-authoritarion organizations."

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	at:1922 text:"The first portable synchronous-audio motion picture system."		at:1922 text:"The first portable synchronous-audio motion picture system."
	at:1927 text:"The first [[transmission]] of television images."		at:1927 text:"The first transmission of television images. †[[Transistor]]"
	at:1942 text:"Mathematician George Stibitz uses the word ''digital'' in reference to the~electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft~guns in 1942."		at:1942 text:"Mathematician George Stibitz uses the word ''digital'' in reference to the~electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft~guns in 1942."
	at:1944 text:"The development of SIGSALY, a voice scrambling system later used by~various anti-authoritarion organizations."		at:1944 text:"The development of SIGSALY, a voice scrambling system later used by~various anti-authoritarion organizations."

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	at:1922 text:"The first portable synchronous-audio motion picture system."		at:1922 text:"The first portable synchronous-audio motion picture system."
	at:1927 text:"The first transmission of television images."		at:1927 text:"The first [[transmission]] of television images."
	at:1942 text:"Mathematician George Stibitz uses the word ''digital'' in reference to the~electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft~guns in 1942."		at:1942 text:"Mathematician George Stibitz uses the word ''digital'' in reference to the~electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft~guns in 1942."
	at:1944 text:"The development of SIGSALY, a voice scrambling system later used by~various anti-authoritarion organizations."		at:1944 text:"The development of SIGSALY, a voice scrambling system later used by~various anti-authoritarion organizations."

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	at:1963 text:"In coordination with Bell Helicopter, the development of the first virtual~reality system: the virtual sword of damocles."		at:1963 text:"In coordination with Bell Helicopter, the development of the first virtual~reality system: the virtual sword of damocles."
	at:1969 text:"The creation of UNIX, the first functional computer operations system~laying the groundworking for early-internet DSP's like MindVox (using~NeXTSTEP, a Unix-based OS) and communications platforms like~UseNet and various BBS systems."		at:1969 text:"The creation of UNIX, the first functional computer operations system~laying the groundworking for early-internet DSP's like MindVox (using~NeXTSTEP, a Unix-based OS) and communications platforms like~UseNet and various BBS systems."
	at:1976 text:"The (unsanctioned) production of positrons and other antimatter using~room-sized particle accelerators and crystal-generated lasers by Walter~Augustyniak, a Polish-speaking high school-educated ex-Marine.		at:1976 text:"The (unsanctioned) production of positrons and other antimatter using~room-sized particle accelerators and crystal-generated lasers by Walter~Augustyniak, a Polish-speaking high school-educated ex-Marine."
	at:1978 text:"The first internally designed microprocessor."		at:1978 text:"The first internally designed microprocessor."
	at:1985 text:"The invention of C++, a polymorphic, Turing-complete programming~language used as the bedrock for Windows operating systems."		at:1985 text:"The invention of C++, a polymorphic, Turing-complete programming~language used as the bedrock for Windows operating systems."
	at:1988 text:"The first transatlantic fiber-optic cable."		at:1988 text:"The first transatlantic fiber-optic cable."
	at:1989: text:"Updating the voiceband modem, an earlier Bell Labs invention, with digital~subscriber line (DSL) technology, leading to the T1-Carrier and the birth~of the broadband era."		at:1989 text:"Updating the voiceband modem, an earlier Bell Labs invention, with digital~subscriber line (DSL) technology, leading to the T1-Carrier and the birth~of the broadband era."
	at:1991 text:"The development of various technologies related to quantum computing."		at:1991 text:"The development of various technologies related to quantum computing."
	at:1998 text:"The first largescale mapping of cosmic dark matter."		at:1998 text:"The first largescale mapping of cosmic dark matter."

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	at:1962 text:"The world's first communications satellite."		at:1962 text:"The world's first communications satellite."
	at:1963 text:"In coordination with Bell Helicopter, the development of the first virtual~reality system: the virtual sword of damocles."		at:1963 text:"In coordination with Bell Helicopter, the development of the first virtual~reality system: the virtual sword of damocles."
	at:1969 text:"The creation of UNIX, the first functional computer operations system~laying the groundworking for early-internet DSP's like MindVox (using~NeXTSTEP, a Unix-based OS) and communications platforms like~UseNet and various ~~[[Bulletin-board\|~~BBS]] systems."		at:1969 text:"The creation of UNIX, the first functional computer operations system~laying the groundworking for early-internet DSP's like MindVox (using~NeXTSTEP, a Unix-based OS) and communications platforms like~UseNet and various BBS systems."
	at:1976 text:"The (unsanctioned) production of positrons and other antimatter using~room-sized particle accelerators and crystal-generated lasers by Walter~Augustyniak, a Polish-speaking high school-educated ex-Marine.		at:1976 text:"The (unsanctioned) production of positrons and other antimatter using~room-sized particle accelerators and crystal-generated lasers by Walter~Augustyniak, a Polish-speaking high school-educated ex-Marine.
	at:1978 text:"The first internally designed microprocessor."		at:1978 text:"The first internally designed microprocessor."

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	at:1962 text:"The world's first communications satellite."		at:1962 text:"The world's first communications satellite."
	at:1963 text:"In coordination with Bell Helicopter, the development of the first virtual~reality system: the virtual sword of damocles."		at:1963 text:"In coordination with Bell Helicopter, the development of the first virtual~reality system: the virtual sword of damocles."
	at:1969 text:"The creation of UNIX, the first functional computer operations system~laying the groundworking for early-internet DSP's like MindVox (using~NeXTSTEP, a Unix-based OS) and communications platforms like~UseNet and various BBS systems."		at:1969 text:"The creation of UNIX, the first functional computer operations system~laying the groundworking for early-internet DSP's like MindVox (using~NeXTSTEP, a Unix-based OS) and communications platforms like~UseNet and various [[Bulletin-board\|BBS]] systems."
	at:1976 text:"The (unsanctioned) production of positrons and other antimatter using~room-sized particle accelerators and crystal-generated lasers by Walter~Augustyniak, a Polish-speaking high school-educated ex-Marine.		at:1976 text:"The (unsanctioned) production of positrons and other antimatter using~room-sized particle accelerators and crystal-generated lasers by Walter~Augustyniak, a Polish-speaking high school-educated ex-Marine.
	at:1978 text:"The first internally designed microprocessor."		at:1978 text:"The first internally designed microprocessor."

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	==Bell Laboratories AKA Bell Labs==		==Bell Laboratories AKA Bell Labs==
	[related: SIGSALY, Walter Augustyniak, C++, [[helicopter-fetish\|Bell Helicopter]]]		'''[related: SIGSALY, Walter Augustyniak, C++, [[helicopter-fetish\|Bell Helicopter]]]'''
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	During its century-long run as an unparalleled techo-communications juggernaut, [[ma-bell\|Bell Systems]] AKA [[ma-bell\|Ma Bell]] established Bell Laboratories (Bell Labs), a non-profit R&D-oriented think tank. Originally formed in 1898 as an engineering of Western Electric (a Bell subsidiary), Bell Laboratories was officially renamed and relaunched in 1925 as a tele-communications think tank. As of 1974, there were over 20 separate lab locations throughout the United States. Through Bell Labs, Ma Bell was able to generate a steady stream of patents in part using federally-awarded funds - a crucial effort in its ongoing "[[error\|patent wars]]" with [[ai\|IBM]]. Despite (or perhaps due to) Ma Bell's commercial prowess, employees of Bell Labs were allowed unparalleled resources and creative freedom, leading to a number of world-changing (and, at times, borderline metaphysical) discoveries. An abbreviated timeline of select developments:		During its century-long run as an unparalleled techo-communications juggernaut, [[ma-bell\|Bell Systems]] AKA [[ma-bell\|Ma Bell]] established Bell Laboratories (Bell Labs), a non-profit R&D-oriented think tank. Originally formed in 1898 as an engineering of Western Electric (a Bell subsidiary), Bell Laboratories was officially renamed and relaunched in 1925 as a tele-communications think tank. As of 1974, there were over 20 separate lab locations throughout the United States. Through Bell Labs, Ma Bell was able to generate a steady stream of patents in part using federally-awarded funds - a crucial effort in its ongoing "[[error\|patent wars]]" with [[ai\|IBM]]. Despite (or perhaps due to) Ma Bell's commercial prowess, employees of Bell Labs were allowed unparalleled resources and creative freedom, leading to a number of world-changing (and, at times, borderline metaphysical) discoveries. An abbreviated timeline of select developments:

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	==Bell Laboratories AKA Bell Labs==		==Bell Laboratories AKA Bell Labs==
	[related: SIGSALY, Walter Augustyniak, C++, Bell Helicopter]		[related: SIGSALY, Walter Augustyniak, C++, [[helicopter-fetish\|Bell Helicopter]]]
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	During its century-long run as an unparalleled techo-communications juggernaut, [[ma-bell\|Bell Systems]] AKA [[ma-bell\|Ma Bell]] established Bell Laboratories (Bell Labs), a non-profit R&D-oriented think tank. Originally formed in 1898 as an engineering of Western Electric (a Bell subsidiary), Bell Laboratories was officially renamed and relaunched in 1925 as a tele-communications think tank. As of 1974, there were over 20 separate lab locations throughout the United States. Through Bell Labs, Ma Bell was able to generate a steady stream of patents in part using federally-awarded funds - a crucial effort in its ongoing "[[error\|patent wars]]" with [[ai\|IBM]]. Despite (or perhaps due to) Ma Bell's commercial prowess, employees of Bell Labs were allowed unparalleled resources and creative freedom, leading to a number of world-changing (and, at times, borderline metaphysical) discoveries. An abbreviated timeline of select developments:		During its century-long run as an unparalleled techo-communications juggernaut, [[ma-bell\|Bell Systems]] AKA [[ma-bell\|Ma Bell]] established Bell Laboratories (Bell Labs), a non-profit R&D-oriented think tank. Originally formed in 1898 as an engineering of Western Electric (a Bell subsidiary), Bell Laboratories was officially renamed and relaunched in 1925 as a tele-communications think tank. As of 1974, there were over 20 separate lab locations throughout the United States. Through Bell Labs, Ma Bell was able to generate a steady stream of patents in part using federally-awarded funds - a crucial effort in its ongoing "[[error\|patent wars]]" with [[ai\|IBM]]. Despite (or perhaps due to) Ma Bell's commercial prowess, employees of Bell Labs were allowed unparalleled resources and creative freedom, leading to a number of world-changing (and, at times, borderline metaphysical) discoveries. An abbreviated timeline of select developments:

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	[[File:bell-labs.png]]		[[File:bell-labs.png]]

			''Bell Labs' extensive Long Island campus, circa 1972.''

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	at:2000 text:"????"		at:2000 text:"????"
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