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Design for the Real World: Telephone Ring

Multimedia artist and designer Ben Rubin explains the origin of something we hear everyday — the telephone ring. 

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Design for the Real World: Telephone Ring

The multimedia artist and designer Ben Rubin explains the origin of an everyday sound — the telephone ring.(Originally aired: May 16, 2002)

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — An epic movie phone tree,  Eleanor Roosevelt's booty call, the unseen power of grammar, an otherworldly Elton John cover, and a Rottweiler's self-evaluation win the...

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Tim Wu on the Rise and Fall of Information Empires

It's a debate that's been around for as long as the Internet has been around: How do we keep the information superhighway open and beneficial for the public in a world that seems increasingly driven by...

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New NYPL Feature Allows Access to 1940 NYC Telephone Books

The New York Public Library is introducing a new research tool to help track down past city residents through old telephone directories. The release of this new feature coincides with the first-ever...

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#3320: Leave a Message at the Beep

From the melodious inflections of phone messages, listen to a number of works sourcing voicemails, most from tape(!) on this New Sounds program. Hear Irish composer Roger Doyle’s “Memento Mori,”...

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Leave a Message at the Beep (Special Podcast)

From the melodious inflections of phone messages, listen to a number of works sourcing voicemails, most from tape(!) on this New Sounds program. Hear Irish composer Roger Doyle’s “Memento Mori,”...

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Verizon Looks to Cut the Copper Wire

Verizon is hoping to pilot a new phone system that doesn’t rely on costly copper wiring in areas ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. Under a plan currently before regulators the telecommunications giant would...

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#3320: Leave a Message at the Beep

From the melodious inflections of phone messages, listen to a number of works sourcing voicemails, most from tape(!) on this New Sounds program. Hear Irish composer Roger Doyle’s “Memento Mori,”...

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#3320: Leave a Message at the Beep

From the melodious inflections of phone messages, listen to a number of works sourcing voicemails, most from tape(!) on this New Sounds program. Hear Irish composer Roger Doyle’s “Memento Mori,”...

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#3320: Leave a Message at the Beep

From the melodious inflections of phone messages, listen to a number of works sourcing voicemails, most from tape(!) on this New Sounds program. Hear Irish composer Roger Doyle’s “Memento Mori,”...

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