The Takeaway: Cellphone Inventor Shines at Webbys; GOP Debate

If it wasn't for him "we'd probably all be working at White Castle."

In a room where most people were less than half his age, Martin Cooper was clearly THE MAN. Cooper, 82, is widely known as the inventor of the cellphone while an engineer at Motorola in the 1970s. As he accepted his lifetime achievement honor at last night's Webby Awards, the crowd erupted and some held up their phones in homage. Introduced as the man who changed the game and changed our lives, Cooper held up his original 2 pound 1973 Dyntech prototype and calmly asked: "Can you hear me, now?"  (AARP was also a winner last night: People's Voice Award - Association Website.)

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(Photo: Martin Cooper accepts his lifetime achievement award onstage during the 15th Annual Webby Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 13 in New York. - Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)