alexander graham bell
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A Camera That Sees Vibrations Can Record the Sounds of Multiple Instruments Separately
Although the sensitivity and performance of microphones has improved quite a bit since Alexander Graham Bell first patented them, they still have one big drawback that researchers from Carnegie Mellon University may have finally overcome by using a pair of run-of-the-mill video cameras.
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Alexander Graham Bell’s Failed Flying Machine Reborn As A Floating City
In 1899, the inventor of the telephone set out to solve another problem: The aeroplane. He failed miserably. Really, really miserably. But earlier this year a team of architects and engineers resurrected his 106-year-old design for a flying machine for a very different purpose: as a model for floating, solar-powered structures.
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Three Cubes Colliding Tetrahedral Kite Looks Just Like It Sounds
Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone, was also a huge fan of tetrahedrals — building everything from boats to planes out of the pyramid-shaped structures. This massive kite — built by the Queen and Crawford design house — brings Bell’s tetrahedral ideals into the 21st Century.