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The father of the cellphone predicts we'll have devices embedded in our skin next

Martin Cooper made the first-ever cellphone call exactly 50 years ago. He says artificial intelligence is the new frontier.
Martin Cooper with the fruits of his labor.

Shockingly, Drake was not the first to make that hotline bling.

Back in the '70s, telecommunications were the new frontier for tech companies. This is how one executive made the call that cellphones would change human life forever.

Martin Cooper — aka the father of the cellphone, and former head of Motorola's communications systems division — and

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