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Watching Captain Kirk in Star Trek: The Original Series (then just called Star Trek) inspired Cooper to invent a cell phone.
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Using a "brick"-like 30-ounce phone, Cooper started the 10-year process of bringing the portable cell phone to market.
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The first commercially available cell phone was not sold until six years later.
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The Motorola DynaTAC was the first phone approved by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).
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It directly impacted his choice to found and lead ArrayComm, a wireless technology and systems company
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Today there are more cellular subscribers than wireline phone subscribers in the world, with mobile phones weighing as little as 3 ounces.