You join me here and this fine old library on the campus of the university, chicago. Were about to see the first of ten films by Milton Friedman, an economist of international repute, winner of the nobel prize, one of the most controversial and stimulating of our time in the weeks that lie ahead is friedmans first Major Television series unfolds. The famous and influential men and women who will occupy those seats are going to a lot to say about friedmans view. The society in which we live today and his solutions for the ills of our time for thats what the series is about. Milton friedmans view the way we live now and where were headed now. Like some people here, you may be appalled by his ideas or like others, extremely enthusiastic about them, whichever way it goes. I think youll be fascinated by what Milton Friedman has to say. Its a gorgeous morning around the new york metropolitan area. Skies are sunny now that a volcano over the eastern end of long island, a toxic out there. But
Music and the restoration of the super saver at 100 fighter. See the laboratories of Thomas Edison in fort myers and hear the voices of them mormon tabernacle choir and Salt Lake City today at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 00 on American History tv on cspan3. Next, we will hear from martin cooper, a motorola researcher who headed a team that invented the first cell tach and1973, the dyna became the first person ever to make a call on the mobile phone. On a mobile phone. The phone cost almost 4000 when it was offered for sale in 1984. The Smithsonian National is his aim of American History hosted this hourlong event. Before i invite art and marty up to the stage, i have one piece of house business. Which probably, in this context, is ironic but i do have to ask you to turn off your cell phone. That said, thank you for coming, and i will turn the microphone over to art and our speaker, marty cooper. Thank you very much. [applause] are we turned on . Anybody that canno
Thank you very much. [applause] are we turned on . Anybody that cannot hear me, say aye. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the smithsonian institution. I have been looking forward to this for quite some time. Thanks for inviting me. You brought forth probably the most Ubiquitous Technology on the planet right now. It is a technology that is a game changer for technology. To begin with, it is still evolving. It is a platform for all kinds of other technologies that are spawned from it. It is having huge social impacts. Humans are the ultimate social animal, and this has to be the ultimate expansion of human beings, technologically. I want to start with the invention itself. This is something i know fascinates everybody here. I want to recreate that moment or moments of discovery of this phone. Let us start with the simple question of coordinates. When did it happen, and where were you . The time was 1973. Actually, november 1973. It was in my office is in illinois. I worked for motorola at
Host how long can that take . Guest you know the regulatory system got a lot better about it because you know cancer, people dont live that long and we dont give up these great discoveries. The agency has been very open about we understand we dont have a lot of time here but if you look in the year to two years and the year for us to develop the trials and then another year for the fda to review it and get it really so its not an obnoxious amount of time compared to therapeutic approval. But we do need translational medicine and regulations that allow us to take Research Discovery faster into the clinic for stage iii and stage iv cancers. With stage i and two we can get those treated well and monitor them. Stage iii and four its almost a hail mary at some point where we are trying to do something for that patient. Host is it expensive, the regulatory process . Guest it is expensive but its expensive because the fda and agencies like that around the world, their job is for Patient Safet
If there was reasonable evidence suspecting somebody of terrorist activity they to do surveillance. They could dig up the records on any american at this point for any reason. They are just looking for suspicious activity. One of the things they are looking at, my wife and i had done some traveling. The medical records these things i find very troubling. I love my country. But when i see stuff like this i find it troubling, particularly when the protection we have had from the legislative branch now they are worried about fiscal cliff and guns. It is almost like a stealth program that is moving right by us pass moving right by us. If they suspect me of something then fine. I am not doing anything wrong. They just need to leave me alone. Guest he said the right to be left alone is the most important right in the constitution. He did not say freedom of speech, he did not say due process, he said the right to be left alone. I am afraid your fears are well founded. This president has given