Since 1852, numerous inventions and discoveries have been made at Tufts University. While recent patents receive significant ...

In today’s society, there are a wide number of ways one person can contact another. They can fax each other; use their cell ...

Staying at the Hubbard home in Cambridge, Alec wrote a frustrated letter to his parents, describing the state of the telephone patent suits with Elisha Gray and Western Union.

To defeat Elisha Gray’s claims, Alec is researching through 1,500 papers! After the lawsuit, he plans to forget everything and study from 1837 to write the ultimate history of the telephone.

The phone rang and suddenly I became the joke . It wasn rsquo;t the loud, old-school ringing tone that amused my friends .

When people think of technology companies, they usually picture startups, apps, and Silicon Valley.

Given the ubiquity of cellphones, how they have insinuated themselves into our lives and embedded themselves there, it’s no ...

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Gothic monuments, riverside restaurants and the Royal Mile: here's how to make the most of a short break in this Scottish ...

David Fairchild is the world explorer who brought these exotic products to America. His story was chronicled in a ...

It’s usually a “ho-hum” thing when my Uncle Mort calls. If it’s about business, I make sure to “think monkey” in front of it.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces possible origins to Old High German “halâ,” a cry used to hail a ferryman, and to “halloo,” a hunting call urging hounds forward ...