The Latest Breaking News from Alexander Graham Bell

Late last week, I wrote a piece responding to Deepinder Goyal’s tweets on how he views India’s gig economy. It went viral – and as is inevitable with anything that does, it brought with it an equal measure of bouquets and brickbats.

Innovation shapes our world, but not every breakthrough gets credited to the right person. History is full of unique ideas that were stolen from their original owners, leaving inventors and creators without the recognition they deserved. Sometimes, these ideas were taken intentionally; other times, the theft was more subtle, happening…

A deaf woman in the 19th-century US is introduced to Alexander Graham Bell’s flawed tutelage in a multifaceted debut novel

Hundred and ten years ago on this day, January 25, the world had its first transcontinental telephone call. A quiz on the invention which changed the way we communicate

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By digitising scents as we have images and sounds, researchers hope they can transform everything from food and agriculture to disease prevention

Hyderabad research team develops high-sensitivity Helmholtz PA cell sensor for low-level detection of acetone biomarker. It can detect PPT levels of acetone, potentially revolutionising disease detection. It can also detect trace explosives, pollutants, solvents, etc. The technique is based on Alexander Graham Bell's 1880 invention and is published in Spectrochimica…

Here's how T-Mobile beat its ‘dumb and dumber’ competitors, according to Yale's Sonnenfeld and Tian.

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