Philippe Kahn

1952– · French entrepreneur, camera phone inventor

Topics: software design, learning, creativity

• Trying to solve the worlds problems by making things 5% more efficient is like trying to play the violin with gardening gloves. Not much good will come out of it. We must invent new ways!

  — Philippe Kahn

• If a sleep monitor has electrodes and wires that look like something from Frankenstein's lab, you might not wear it consistently, and the information it gathers and reports may be compromised.

  — Philippe Kahn

• We were trying to monitor the sailboat, trying to help us keep it upright and optimized, and it turned out that sailing became an incredible practical laboratory.

  — Philippe Kahn