Martin Cooper

The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that's according to the man who invented them 50 years ago.Martin Cooper, an American engineer dubbed the "Father of the cell phone," says the neat little device we all have in our pockets has almost boundless potential and could one day even help conquer disease.But right now, we can be a little obsessed."I am devastated when I see somebody crossing the street and looking at their cell phone. They are out of their minds," the 94-year-old told…

Leer en español.On April 3, 1973, a man named Martin Cooper was walking through the streets of Manhattan carrying something no one had ever seen before: a cell phone. As he strolled, he made a call, and he made history. Today is the 50th anniversary of that revolutionary moment. How far we’ve come. Chat GPT-4 Worth the Upgrade? | Future TechNot only have we seen the passing of half of a century since, but we’ve also lived through technological advances that have allowed a huge portion of humanity to have access to a cell…

The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that's according to the man who invented them 50 years ago.Martin Cooper, an American engineer dubbed the "Father of the cell phone," says the neat little device we all have in our pockets has almost boundless potential and could one day even help conquer disease. But right now, we can be a little obsessed. "I am devastated when I see somebody crossing the street and looking at their cell phone. They are out of their minds," the 94-year-old…

The war between Apple and Android fans can never be resolved. But every time an influential person reveals what phone they use, the scales appear to tilt towards that side. A while back when it was revealed that actor Millie Bobby Brown, famous for her role as Eleven in Stranger Things, was an Android user, the internet went crazy. And now, to give Apple fans a big boost, the father of mobile phones himself has revealed that he uses both an iPhone as well as the Apple Watch.Martin Cooper is widely regarded as the father…

Image: OnePlusDo you know that scene in Batman & Robin when Mr. Freeze gets so icy his veins pulse in a different color? That’s what OnePlus’s Active CryoFlux reminded me of when I saw the press release for it. As for the name, it sounds like something you’d get done at a med spa to sculpt your body.OnePlus is positioning Active CryoFlux as a liquid cooling system for the OnePlus 11 and beyond. It’s entirely a concept at this stage. While it would be nice to see something akin to this come to mobile devices, it’s hard…

Photo: AP News (AP)Cell phones are so ubiquitous now that it’s almost easy to forget we’re not literally attached to them. Your iPhone lives in your pocket, not your head. But Martin Cooper, the man credited with creating the first cellphone, thinks even that’s about to change.“The next generation will have the phone embedded under the skin of their ears,” Cooper told CNBC at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Monday. At 94 years old, Cooper attended MWC to receive a Lifetime Achievement award five decades after…