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HENRY SAMPSONAND
THE CELL PHONE
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Born in Jackson, Mississippi
Received a Bachelor's degree in science
from Purdue University in 1956.
Received a MS degree in engineering from
the Universityof California in 1961
Sampson alsoreceived his MS in Nuclear
Engineering from the Universityof Illinois
Urbana-Champaign in 1965 First African American to earn a Ph.D.in
Nuclear Engineering in the United States
HENRY THOMASSAMPSON, JR.
Prof. George Miley with hisstudent Henry Sampson inthe mid-1960s.
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CONTINUED...
Served in the U.S. Navy (1962-1964) as a research chemical engineer
A directorof planning and operations in the Aerospace Program forover 30 years.
He holds patents related to solid rocket motors and the conversionof
nuclear energy into electricity.
Producerof documentary films on earlyblack filmmakers and films
Technical consultant to Historical Black Colleges and Universities
Program
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Mobile telephone service in the
United States consisted mainlyof carphones and phone booths.
Which were extremely limited
because metropolitan areas had only
one antenna for these purposes
Limitations in frequencies, created
long durations of time waiting for a
dial tone and years to acquire service
BEFORE DR. SAMPSON
'SINVENTION
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THE GAMMA ELECTRICALCELL
Initially pertained tonuclearreactor use
Patented on July 6, 1971 by Henry Sampson
The Gamma Electric Cell produces stable high-voltage output and
current to detect radiation in the ground converting a gamma ray input
into an electric output.
Which led to the actual model of the cell phone by Motorola
researcher, Martin Cooper, in 1973.
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1979- First Cellularnetwork
was created (1G) in Japan. 1991- 2G cellularnetwork
created in Finland
1998- Implement ofmedia
content
1999- Camera/ Video Cell
Phone was created
EVOLUTION OF THE CELLPHONE
2001- Creationof 3G cellular
network
2005- Google creates the
Android operating system
2007- Apple creates the iPhone
2011- 4G cellularnetwork is
created in South Korea
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EVOLUTION:1973-2006
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In the 2000s, cell phones
joined the list of major mass
medias including: the
newspaper, the magazine, the
television, and the internet
CELL PHONES: THE 7
TH
MASS MEDIA
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CELL PHONE EXPANSION
Almost three times as many cell phone subscriptions as there are total
users on the internet. There are four times as many cell phones as there are personal
computers of all kinds laptops, desktops and servers combined.
There are more than five times as many cell phone subscriptions in the
world as there are cars.
There are 2.5 times as many cell phones as there are fixed landline
phones.
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Nokia
Motorola
Samsung
LG
Sony Ericsson
TOP MANUFACTURES
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Mobile telephones facilitate
activism and public journalism around
the world
The United Nations report that
mobile can improve the livelihoods of
the poorest people in developing
countries.
Phone Count predicts that by 2012
there will be as many connected
mobile phones as there are people in
the world.
IMPACT ON THE WORLD
Cell phone charging service inUganda
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Henry Sampson with Prof. Miley at the
2009 College of Engineering AwardsConvocation.
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CITATIONS
http://npre.illinois.edu/news/college-honors-npre-alumnus-
henry-t-sampson-jr
http://cellphones.org/blog/the-seventh-mass-media/
http://www.dipity.com/kouroupet/The-seventh-mass-media_1/#
http://www.aneki.com/cell_manufacturers.html