Philippe Kahn
Philippe Kahn · Technology & Engineering
Built and demonstrated the first camera phone that instantly shared photos (1997).
March 16, 1952, Paris, France
Paris, France
Philippe Kahn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Built and demonstrated the first camera phone that instantly shared photos (1997).
Philippe Kahn is a French-American technology entrepreneur and inventor, born in Paris to a Jewish mother who survived Auschwitz. In 1997 he built and demonstrated the first camera phone that instantly shared photos over a cellular network, capturing the birth of his daughter and sending the image in real time. His invention laid the foundation for the picture-sharing culture central to modern smartphones and social media.
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Built and demonstrated the first camera phone that instantly shared photos (1997).
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