First Cell-Phone Picture (1997) – Philippe Kahn
Most moments nowadays are frequently captured using smartphones, but this wasn’t the case before. Philippe Kahn, who took the first cell phone picture, was at the hospital because his wife was giving birth. With nothing else to do, the software engineer tinkered with a digital camera and connected it to his phone.
He shared this photo of his daughter with 2,000 people. In 2000, Sharp used Kahn’s creation and released the camera phone in Japan. The same tech was also introduced in the United States, forever changing people’s lives. Nowadays, apps like Instagram and Facebook can be used to share pictures straight from the phone.
