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Using a Cell Phone in 1985 - with David Pye

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Channel: The Royal Institution
Categories: Society / Culture   |   Science   |   Social Science   |   Technology  
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The first commercially available mobile phone went on sale in 1984 – and cost around $4000. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES 'Communicating', David Pye demonstrates the power of this (then) brand new technology on an unsuspecting member of the audience.
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