For all the genuine innovations that came out of Bell Labs, it's also the case that they killed inventions that would have threatened their telecommunications m

For all the genuine innovations that came out of Bell Labs, it's also the case that they killed inventions that would have threatened their telecommunications monopoly, such as the magnetic answering machine that was invented at Bell Labs in 1934! http://gizmodo.com/5691604/how-ma-bell-shelved-the-future-for-60-years http://gizmodo.com/5691604/how-ma-bell-shelved-the-future-fo...