wireless communication has completely changed the way people communicate and has accelerated the pace of entering the era of human information. The birth of mobile phones is of symbolic significance. Martin Lawrence Cooper, who took this first step, was later known as the father of mobile phones.
However, his road to research and development was not easy.
1. Shame, it's a shame
Martin Cooper has unlimited interest in the radio business. In this regard, he has great ideas and hopes to make a wireless phone. The young man's goal is very clear, hoping that he can find a platform for him to realize his dream.
He dared to think and dare to do it. Martin, who had just graduated, summoned his courage, and with his dream, came to the home of the radio idol George, and he nominated himself. Who would have thought that this pious and enthusiastic attempt would bring a mocking denial, and George also ordered an eviction.
Martin's mood fell to the bottom that day, and it felt uncomfortable to be rejected! He was confused about his future and fell into deep self-doubt. However, he changed his mind to think about it. With the accumulation of my own radio knowledge, how many years have I longed for the realization of my dream again and again?
no! He secretly made up his mind, "You don't like me, I just want to show it to you. I don't have a place for my master here!" At Motorola, relying on his own strength, from an ordinary technician to the leader of the research team. The road of
research and development is long and tortuous, designing again and again, failing again and again, and there are countless times of dejection after failure. But giving up is impossible for a person who is determined to his ideals!
3. It's done, and finally it's done! The task of
is urgent, and the company requires a mobile phone model to be produced within six weeks. "Because the Federal Communications Commission was considering whether to allow AT&T to establish mobile networks in the US market and provide wireless services; in addition, AT&T itself also has plans to develop mobile phones. Motorola was unwilling to let great business opportunities slip away.
happened to be playing at that time. In the TV series "Star Trek", Captain Cork's wireless phone became the prototype of Martin Cooper and his team inventing the mobile phone. "
Martin Cooper led the team to overcome difficulties and speed up. Finally, three months later, the first A mobile phone model is complete. The year
was 1973, and it was his 15th year since he came to Motorola.
4. If you can't kill you, you will eventually become you.
How many years of hard work, he has been holding back for too long, and the scene of rejection that year appeared in his mind, lingering for a long time, he waited for this day for a long time.
He took the new product he developed and walked to the streets of Manhattan. Under the curious eyes of passers-by, he tremblingly dialed a series of numbers. A man's voice came from the wireless phone: "This is Yule. Engel." Martin Cooper said in an almost trembling voice excitedly: "Yul, I am talking to you on a real mobile phone, a real mobile phone!" There was silence on the other end of the phone. It was not someone else who answered the phone, but Cooper's long-time competitor, the one who rejected him and made him successful. The invention of the
wireless phone is a historic leap, and its appearance laid the foundation for the further development of wireless communication tools.
