Re:The Ghost of Invention: A Visit to Bell Labs
by vdnkh on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @02:16PM
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In front of the building stretching about 50 feet was a tunnel, now flooded. Rumor has it that there is an even larger tunnel encircling the perimeter of the facility. I checked google maps at the time and could see evidence for this. I believe the entrance is located in a cooling tower near the baseball diamonds but that facility has more intense locks.
The replica horn I found in front of the "Global Compliance Test Facility" right across from the wave facility. It's not too large (probably the size of a person), but it's very very heavy.
I used to work in Murray Hill, but traveled a bunch to Holmdel and Crawford Hill facilities. I'm not totally surprised by the oceanic wave sim; There used to be a sizeable submarine fiber group before it got sold to Tyco.
What was the replica horn? There is of course a somewhat famous horn, responsible for finding the 4K background radiation, but it has a plaque: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bell_Labs_Horn_Antenna_Cra...