Arno Penzias arrived in America as a penniless Jewish refugee child who escaped Nazi Germany. He went on to become one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, as a famed Bell Labs researcher who proved the existence of the Big Bang and put to rest the ageless debate over the origins of our universe. Penzias passed away … Read More
There’s a lot that can go wrong on any mission to the Moon. There’s the intense blast at takeoff, the various stresses of the 239,000-mile voyage through space and then the adjustment to the extreme temperatures and other extraterrestrial conditions on the Moon itself. So, assembling a cellular LTE/4G network that can survive that journey and then be successfully deployed … Read More
Louis E. Brus, a former Bell Labs researcher, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on December 10, 2023 for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” Brus shared the prize with Alexei Ekimov and Moungi Bawendi for the development of these nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties. These smallest components of nanotechnology now spread their light … Read More
The Nokia Bell Labs Responsible AI team is at the forefront of the most consequential technology of the 21st century. These researchers are focused on guaranteeing that artificial intelligence is developed and implemented in a collaborative and ethical way so that we as a society can enjoy all of its positive potential without experiencing the doomsday pitfalls that have dominated recent media … Read More
The Waze application has revolutionized our driving experience. Instead of being backed up at red lights and getting clogged in traffic jams, Waze offers a platform to get to our destination using the fastest and most effective route. We face a similar challenge in our Internet experience and there have been many efforts to similarly use rerouting and load distribution … Read More
In the never-ending quest for efficient, customer-focused and cost-effective operations, warehouse operators today face a difficult choice. Either they invest heavily in high-cost manpower to manage their massive inventory, or they accept the inevitable costs of “shrinkage” where products are lost or misplaced in large warehouses. That can add up to an annual loss of up to 20% of the … Read More
Amid the current mad dash of progress in artificial intelligence innovation, a key focal point has often been overlooked. Recent groundbreaking chatbot releases have been outdoing each other and wowing the public with their dazzling performances. But in the race for technological advancement, sometimes human considerations have been secondary. This approach has triggered a swell of negative media coverage around … Read More
When top-notch athletes shatter world records it is often the Olympic motto that is their driving force: “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” But in the world of high-speed optical transmission a more apt slogan would likely be: “Faster, Farther, and more efficient.” That’s because the father of information theory, Claude Shannon, told us there is a finite limit to the quantity of … Read More
This summer, thousands of sporting enthusiasts converged in Espoo, Finland for the European Athletics U23 Championships to watch Europe’s top young track and field athletes compete – and these lucky fans got to see more of the action than ever before. In its first real-world, live deployment, Nokia’s groundbreaking Camera-as-a-Service platform was installed across Leppävaara Stadium in Espoo and the adjacent warm-up and training … Read More
Our planet is in crisis. Whether it’s the rapid spread of wildfires and floods or toxic air and water pollution, the devastating effects of climate change and other environmental threats are everywhere. Industrial incidents in critical infrastructure pose additional dangers. The key to mitigating all these disasters is to stop them before they get out of control and the only … Read More
When we talk about unleashing the positive potential of artificial intelligence, sustainability is one of the first things that comes to mind. Whether it’s streamlining industrial operations and unlocking network efficiency to reduce energy costs or preserving environmental resources to create a more sustainable society, AI offers hope at a time of ecological and climate crisis. For this to come … Read More
In our collective imagination, the digital world has been defined by technology titans such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But they all stand on the shoulders of a man who has become far less of a household name, even as technologists the world over compare his influence to that of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and his distant … Read More
When it comes to ethics and sustainability, the fast-paced development of artificial intelligence needs strong guardrails. The current competition-at-all-cost approach that pits companies against one another in a race for the next big AI milestone is impeding progress rather than furthering it. OpenAI’s groundbreaking release of ChatGPT, and the quick follow up of Microsoft’s Bing and Google’s Bard, have created … Read More
NASA is returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Program wrapped up 50 years ago. This time, though, it will have many more technologies at its disposal, including some developed by Nokia in our mission to boldly take a cellular network where it has never gone before. As a key partner in NASA’s “Tipping Point” … Read More
Not many people get to say they altered the course of history. But our friend and colleague Morris (Morry) Tanenbaum is one of those select few. A long-time fixture at Bell Labs, first as a chemist and later as an executive, Tanenbaum is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of the digital age for developing and demonstrating the … Read More