On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of ...

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Phones have come a long way from Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone to the sleek, powerful smartphones we use today. From manual switchboards to cellular networks, and from the brick-sized ...

When we first took it out onto the beach you could feel the sculpture come alive; it wanted to twist and tumble as we took it across the sands. As the wind took hold it rose slowly, bobbing just above ...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Industrial design takes root -- Alexander Graham Bell's telephone in a box -- An unexpected configuration change -- Rapid domestication -- Part 2: A 20-year ...