Fathers of Technology

By Alex in Science & Tech on Jul 15, 2008 at 2:29 am

If you like to talk on your cell phone, then you have Marty Cooper to thank for it – he’s the father of the mobile phone:

Cooper filed a patent for the ‘radio telephone system’ in 1973, while working at Motorola, and was the first person to make a call on a portable cell phone. (He called a rival engineer at Bell Labs.) Cooper has stated that his inspiration came from watching Star Trek’s Captain Kirk talk on his communicator device. Today, Cooper is the CEO and founder of ArrayComm.

For more "fathers of technology," check out this slideshow from NetworkWorld: Link – via AQFL

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Ali S.
Jul 15th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I remember my Dad used to carry those huge phones. Wow. I feel old.
Camilla
Jul 15th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I had a pencil sharpener in the shape of that phone… God, this brings back memories.
Kimberly
Jul 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Interestingly, I was watching some old Flash Gordon from the 40s last week and they had a “radio phone”. The idea existed long before Star Trek.
Prophet
Jul 15th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
How many inventions were inspired in sci-fi movies or series? Holograms are now a fact, for example.
meghan
Jul 15th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
That thing looks like it’s oozing radiation. Yay radiation!
MoonCake
Jul 16th, 2008 at 6:36 am
we don’t need to remind any more rich people of how great they are… their paychecks do a pretty good job of confirming that.

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