Meet the Father of the Cellphone, Dr. Martin Cooper

If you don’t know his name, you should: Dr. Martin Cooper is the man who led the Motorola team that developed the first cellular telephone. We sat down to talk with him about the early days of the first mobile phone call, as well as Cooper’s thoughts on the invisibility of software, the faltering concept of the “app“ and even implantable technology. Michael nerds out on Star Trek and Dick Tracy and Cooper tries to flip open a Communicator. It’s an interesting half-hour of dialogue and we are very happy to s