- Bell Labs was a famous corporate lab in the mid 20th century that was responsible for many breakthrough discoveries.
- The rise of university research and the decline of corporate labs has changed the way America innovates.
- There are attractive features of big corporate labs that the new innovation supply chain might lack, such as multi-disciplinary research and focus on general-purpose technologies.
- A national electrical utility, Energy Bell, could potentially be a way to bring back something akin to the old Bell Labs.
- The university-DARPA-startup innovation system is likely here to stay, and should be focused on making it more efficient, purposeful, and well-integrated.
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