The IEEE Signal Processing Society and the IEEE Boston Section presented MIT Lincoln Laboratory with an engraved plaque honoring the inclusion of the "First Real-Time Speech Communication on Packet Networks" in the select list of IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing. The plaque that is now permanently installed at the laboratory reads: "This work in real-time network protocols and speech coding laid the foundation for voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) communications and related applications including Internet videoconferencing."
In the 1970s and early 1980s, the laboratory, working on its own and in collaboration with other research laboratories, conducted pioneering research, development and experiments in the use of packet networks for speech communications. For more on these technology developments and the ceremony commemorating this IEEE Milestone, please see the full story.
A design to save American cities
Abandoned buildings in downtown Detroit
In new book, urban studies professor Brent Ryan says shrinking American cities should stop emulating the suburbs and start supporting creative rebuilding ideas.
