Martin Cooper, born December 26, 1928, was an American engineer who led the team that manufactured the first cell phone and was the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public in 1983! He is widely regarded as the 'Father of the (handheld) cell phone". Cooper graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (1950). He then joined the U.S. Navy, after which in 1954, he began working at Motorola. Cooper worked on many projects involving wireless communicati

1.7K views · 131 reactions | One dream can change the world… Fifty years ago, Martin Cooper changed the future by turning his dream into reality with the first cell phone call as a Motorola engineer. | Motorola | Facebook

80K views · 864 reactions | It looked like a brick, but it changed the world. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call on a sidewalk in New York. He called a competitor and confidently announced: “I’m calling you from a real handheld cell phone.” That moment kickstarted a wireless revolution, proof that true innovation begins with a bold vision. | History Exposed | Facebook