Bell Telephone Laboratories, originally a part of the AT&T Corporation and headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Jointly owned by AT&T and Western Electric, BTL was established in 1925, dedicated to science and communications research. Over the years, employees have helped earn 10 Nobel prizes, five Turing Awards for ...
The IEEE History Committee selected Michelle Spektor as the 2025 IEEE Life Members’ Fellow in Electrical History. Spektor's research focuses on Making Biometric Citizens: Technology and Power from the British Empire to the Digital Age. "States around the world are increasingly turning to biometric technologies to identify their citizens,” explained Spektor. “These technologies, which identify ...
The Evolution Conference 2025 took place from June 11–13 at the Tufts Joyce Cummings Center in Boston, delivering three dynamic days filled with thought-provoking speakers and cutting-edge topics. This year’s agenda explored a wide range of innovations across industries, including breakthroughs in health care, artificial intelligence, robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, space technology, cybersecurity, and quantum ...
Blue zones are areas in which people live longer, consistently reaching age 100. The term was coined in 2004 by National Geographic fellow and writer Dan Buettner, who teamed up with the National Institute on Aging to study areas of the world in which people live exceptionally long lives. They called them Blue Zones because when ...
To determine the top states poised for blue zone potential, Forbes Health analyzed data on factors including access to whole, plant-based foods, physical activity, a sense of community and sleep. They also looked at life expectancy in all states. Based on a Forbes Health analysis, below are the top 10 states most likely to be ...
