US EditionFather of the cellphone
UNITED STATES, JUL 7 – Marty Cooper, awarded the 2024 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, envisions mobile phones evolving into energy-efficient, body-powered devices with real-time health monitoring.
- Fifty-Two years ago, Marty Cooper marked a milestone by making the first handheld mobile phone call while standing on a street in Manhattan, reaching out to the leader of a competing program.
- This breakthrough followed a 1970s corporate battle at Motorola where Cooper, a star engineer, rejected AT&T's car phone to create a portable device making users reachable everywhere.
- Since then, mobile phones have evolved from Cooper's four-pound DynaTAC 8000X into billions of tiny computers forming massive networks running trillions of calculations per second, powering artificial intelligence.
- At 96 and residing in Del Mar, California, Cooper received the highest U.S. honor for technological achievement in 2024 and is now focused on evolving phones into intelligent mobile computers powered by human energy, anticipating new components that will continuously monitor health and provide real-time data to physicians.
- Despite widespread connectivity—there are more cell phones than people—experts note that phone-driven screen time challenges children's learning, global inequality persists as richer countries gain advantages faster, and several states have enacted phone bans in schools.
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News & RecordCellphone pioneer reflects on legacy
DEL MAR, Calif. — Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.
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Father of the cellphone
DEL MAR, Calif. — Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.
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