Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone, was also a huge fan of tetrahedrals — building everything from boats to planes out of the pyramid-shaped structures. This massive kite — built by the Queen and Crawford design house — brings Bell’s tetrahedral ideals into the 21st Century.
Alexander Graham Bell. Genius. Father of the telephone. Hardcore Tetrahedron nut. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of his best pyramid-shaped wonders.
Mobile phone, cell phone, telefonino (it you’re Italian) – whatever you call it, that fancy communicator in your pocket or on your hip represents over 120 years of development, evolution and ingenuity. To trace the history of the modern mobile phone, we really need to go back to the 1870s and look at the development of the humble landline telephone.