Philippe Kahn
Overview
 
Philippe Kahn is a technology innovator and entrepreneur, who is credited with creating the first camera phone
Camera phone
A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs . Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones....

 solution sharing pictures instantly on public networks. Kahn's first publicly shared picture is unique in that no other teams making the claim have any pictures. Kahn shot the first camera phone photo of his newborn daughter on June 11th, 1997. At the 1197 conference, named after the birthdate of the first camera phone
Camera phone
A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs . Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones....

 picture, Philippe shared his inspiration for creating the camera phone
Camera phone
A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs . Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones....

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Quotations

We are less than a decade away from the medical lab the size of a sugar cube.

Founding speech for Fullpower, 2003, focusing in particular on the power of Microelectromechanical systems|MEMS and Nanotechnology|Nanotechnology and its applications to life sciences.

Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future!

Comments made in a speech at the computer museum regarding the energy spent in Silicon Valley at managing perception as opposed to creating new technology.

Invention is the root of innovation. Innovation is the major force for change in the future.

Comments made in the Q and A part of a speech at the Silicon Valley computer museum in 2005 regarding the energy spent in Silicon Valley at managing perception as opposed to creating new technology. In response to a question about the power of venture capital and consumer marketing and how it is determining the future of technology.

Trying to solve the worlds problems by making things 5% more efficient is like trying to play the violin with gardening gloves. Not much good will come out of it. We must invent new ways!

On why saving a bit of power here or there will not solve our energy problems. Comments made at the opening of the movie "An Inconvenient Truth|An Inconvenient Truth.

 
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