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How Victor Lawrence Changed The Telecommunications Game

Two events — both occurring far from his birthplace in Ghana — sparked Victor Lawrence's interest in science while high school. And they both inspired him to become a top innovator in communications, too.

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Timeless Leadership Lessons From 'Father Of The Cellphone'

In 1959, Martin Cooper's job as an engineer at Motorola led him to AT&T's Bell Labs on a project. The goal was to develop mobile phones.

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Arno Penzias obituary

US astrophysicist whose discovery of the cosmic microwave radiation resulting from the big bang brought him the Nobel prize

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Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the Big Bang's afterglow, dies at age 90

Penzias, with his colleague Robert Woodrow Wilson, discovered the cosmic microwave background while working at Bell Labs in the 1960s. The finding was the smoking gun evidence for the Big Bang.

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The father of the cellphone predicts we'll have devices embedded in our skin next

Martin Cooper made the first-ever cellphone call exactly 50 years ago. He says artificial intelligence is the new frontier.

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Ofcom approves 5G mmWave, but what are its benefits?

As 5G rollouts continue across the world, regulators are seeking to auction new, high-frequency spectrums classified as millimetre-wave (mmWave). After much consideration, Ofcom has ruled in 2023 it will make mmWave spectrum available across the UK to improve data capacity and speeds, and boost innovation across various industries. SEE MORE…

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Zhenan Bao's 'Skin-Like' Gadgets Aren't Science Fiction Anymore

Zhenan Bao thought like a scientist as long as she can remember. Now she's an innovator in flexible electronics.

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60 years ago, a forgotten NASA balloon in space changed how we watch TV forever

Echo 1 launched to space in the 1960s — on April 24, 1962, it made history by transmitting the first television broadcast via satellite, transforming global communications in the process.

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