Martin Cooper holds up his mobile phone in Oviedo, northern Spain, October 22, 2009. Cooper and Raymond Samuel Tomlinson will be awarded the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research at a traditional ceremony on Friday in the Asturian capital. Cooper and Tomlinson were nominated for the award in recognition of their research which led the development of the mobile phone and email respectively. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Martin Cooper holds up his mobile phone in Oviedo, northern Spain, October 22, 2009. Cooper and Raymond Samuel Tomlinson will be awarded the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research at a traditional ceremony on Friday in the Asturian capital. Cooper and Tomlinson were nominated for the award in recognition of their research which led the development of the mobile phone and email respectively.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. U Lwin, secretary of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party, talks to journalists at his home after a meeting with Noble laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at the state guest house on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.
  2. Sitting by a gift basket donated by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, U Lwin, secretary of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party, talks to journalists at his home after meeting with Noble laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at the state guest house on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.
  3. Annie Albania of the Philippines, right, throws a right to Indri Sambaimva of Indonesia during the final of their women's flyweight boxing match at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Albania won the gold medal.
  4. U Lwin, secretary of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party, talks to journalists at his home after a meeting with Noble laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at the state guest house on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.
  5. Protestors hold signboards during a demonstration in Copenhagen December 16, 2009. Copenhagen is the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, which lasts from December 7 until December 18.
  6. Milvady Hongfa of the Philippines lands a left to Laos' Alice Apparri during the final of the women's boxing light flyweight at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Hongfa won the gold medal.
  7. Milvady Hongfa of the Philippines lands a right to Alice Apparri of Laos while competing in the final of the women's boxing light flyweight at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Hongfa won gold medal.
  8. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attends a debate on the outcome of Sweden's EU presidency for the last six months, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg December 16, 2009.
  9. South Africa's captain Graeme Smith leaves the field after being caught for 0 during the first test against England at Centurion Park, Centurion, Gauteng, December 16, 2009.
  10. Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R) talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso ahead of a debate on the outcome of his country's EU presidency for the last six months, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg December 16, 2009.
  11. CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 16: Stuart Broad of England celebrates taking the wicket of Graeme Smith of South Africa for no runs during day one of the first test match between South Africa and England at Centurion Park on December 16, 2009 in Centurion, South Africa.
  12. CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 16: Stuart Broad of England celebrates taking the wicket of Graeme Smith of South Africa for no runs during day one of the first test match between South Africa and England at Centurion Park on December 16, 2009 in Centurion, South Africa.
  13. CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 16: Stuart Broad of England celebrates taking the wicket of Graeme Smith of South Africa for no runs during day one of the first test match between South Africa and England at Centurion Park on December 16, 2009 in Centurion, South Africa.
  14. CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 16: Stuart Broad of England celebrates taking the wicket of Graeme Smith of South Africa for no runs during day one of the first test match between South Africa and England at Centurion Park on December 16, 2009 in Centurion, South Africa.
  15. YEOJU-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 16: South Korean soldiers participate in a winter river crossing operation in preparation for a possible North Korean attack on December 16, 2009 in Yeoju, South Korea. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as stalinist North Korea and pro-western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict.
  16. YEOJU-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 16: South Korean soldiers participate in a winter river crossing operation in preparation for a possible North Korean attack on December 16, 2009 in Yeoju, South Korea. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as stalinist North Korea and pro-western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 conflict.