First Cell-Phone Picture, Philippe Kahn, 1997
In 1997, Philippe Kahn was stuck in a Northern California maternity ward with nothing to do. His wife was in the maternity ward and was giving birth to their daughter and he was shooed away. Phillippe, out of boredom, jerry-built a device that could send a photo of his newborn to friends and family—in real time. The setup was crude and yet, this was the first image that was taken and sent via a cell phone device.