Martin Cooper placed what's recognized as the first ... We had a press conference [in 1973], and I handed the phone to this young lady journalist and told her to make a phone call.

Imagination. Physics. Technology. In 1973, Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone with all three of these things. At the time, he said: “I want everyone to enjoy freedom and feel safe every day.” ...

These days Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s impacts on society – from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet addiction to the rapid spread of harmful content ...