Martin Cooper admits that he never envisioned that cell phones could serve as cameras or encyclopedias. While appreciating technological development, he notes that today's devices still have their ...

Del Mar resident Marty Cooper, inventor of the cell phone, received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation during a ...

But then, in 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper showed what the future would look like: the DynaTAC 8000X. Based on Bell's cell network concept, it was the world's first handheld cell phone.