"1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone" Wins Industry Accolades

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The short film, "1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone," has been selected as both a Vimeo Staff Pick and as a featured film on the Short of the Week website. Created by Conscious Minds, the film depicts how technology innovator Philippe Kahn (currently CEO of Fullpower Technologies) instantly shared the first camera phone photo of the birth of his daughter. That iconic photo was included in Time Magazine's 2016 list of the 100 most influential photos of all time. 

"I was fascinated by the rather odd story of that day in the hospital when all the components of his project finally came together," said Jonathan Ignatius Green, the director of the film. "It seemed like a true story that you wouldn't believe if you saw it in a movie. That's my favorite kind."

"While we didn't even realize the Conscious Minds team had created the film until we saw the final product, it captures that momentous day amazingly well," said Kahn, the creator of the camera phone. "It is a great honor to have this film chosen as short-of-the-week and to reflect twenty years later how the camera phone has been a game changer for society in so many ways."

The film can be viewed on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/221117048 or the Short of the Week website at https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/07/24/birth-camera-phone/.

Philippe Kahn is currently CEO of Fullpower Technologies, a startup focused on improving sleep through the AI-powered cloud-based IoT Sleeptracker® platform that has been commercially deployed by three leading bedding brands, Beautyrest, Serta, and Tomorrow Sleep.

More information and previous films from Conscious Minds can be found on their website at http://www.weare.cm.

About Fullpower Technologies, Inc.
Fullpower is the leader for cloud-based IoT smart-home and wearable solutions powered by AI, machine-learning and data science. With more than 125 patents, the Fullpower IP portfolio covers the AI-powered Sleeptracker® and the MotionX® IoT technology platforms. Fullpower's business model is to license technology and IP as a PaaS to brand leaders such as Nike, Beautyrest®, Serta®, Movado® and others. Founded by Philippe Kahn, creator of the first camera phone, and based in Silicon Valley, the Fullpower team is passionate about AI, machine learning, IoT and PII. 

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Fullpower Technologies, Inc.  
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SOURCE Fullpower Technologies, Inc.