50 years of the cell phone, Fernando Carvallo [COLUMNA]

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He cellular telephone turned fifty. The exact date of his birth is set to April 3, 1973, when engineer Martin Cooper of Motorola called his colleague from rival Bell Labs on a landline. In a world where the cell phone is ubiquitous, it’s hard to imagine what life was like before the invention that became the most widely used tool of our time. There are an estimated 40 million in Peru. Cell Phones, that is, more than the number of inhabitants, including babies, who are now usually born under the lens of a cell phone, which will immortalize their arrival in the world. When it appeared mobile phone It weighed over 2 kg and was only good for making and receiving phone calls. Meanwhile, it became “smart” when it included computer functions and access to a global network called the Internet. Telephone booths are obsolete, as are typewriters and various forms of written messaging. Term “cellular telephone” It remains, despite the fact that modern cell phones are moving beyond communication towers and gaining access to more communications from satellites. Cell Phones They are used today for good and bad: to convey images of works of art, the smile of a loved one, and to participate in religious rites such as Easter. But they are also tools of crime in all its forms, from child pornography to making bombs ready to be used in terrorist attacks. He cellular telephone improves communication and promotes development. But do we know by heart the numbers of our closest relatives? And are we able to spend moments in silent dialogue with ourselves? In life, the main thing is not tools, but the quality of affection and communication that we want to live with the help of tools.
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