Philippe Kahn is an inventor and entrepreneur who founded several influential technology companies. He studied math and music in college and developed early software for PCs. He founded Borland in 1982 and developed popular software like Turbo Pascal and Sidekick. In 1994 he cofounded Starfish Software which developed technologies for wireless device synchronization. He then cofounded Lightsurf Technologies in 1998 and created the first camera phone and software for electronic photography. Currently he is the CEO of Fullpower Technologies which created Motion-X technology. Kahn's development of the first camera phone helped launch the era of mobile photography and social media sharing on a global scale.

1. Philippe Kahn
Inventor,
Entrepreneur,
and Innovator
Barry Hartung
Tech Biography
EDUC 635

2. Early Life and Education
• Born March 16th 1952 and immigrated to
Paris, France as a child.
• Mother was an Auschwitz survivor and
Father was a mechanical engineer.
• Studied math and music in college in
Switzerland and France.
• As a student, he developed software for
the MICRAL, the earliest non-kit PC
based on a microprocessor.

3. Career Path
• 1982-1994: Founder and CEO of Borland.
Developed Turbo Pascal, dBase, and Sidekick
for DOS.
• 1994-1998: Cofounder and CEO of Starfish
Software. Developed core IP for device
synchronization, particularly for the wireless
industry.
• 1998-2004: Cofounder and CEO of Lightsurf
Technologies. Developed first complete camera
phone and the software infrastructure for
electronic photography.
• 2004-Present: Cofounder and CEO of Fullpower
Technologies. Developed Motion-X technology.

4. Story of the Camera Phone
• The Camera Phone - How We Invented the World

5. Impact of the Camera Phone
Arab Spring
• versus
Tiananmen Square

6. The Camera Phone in the Classroom
• Allows instant access to and recording of data.
• Allows immediate and global distribution of data.
• Portable and easy to use.
• Allows quick and easy
documentation of data.

7. Further Information
Classroom Usage & Ideas:
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ucfcasio/qvuses.htm
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~toh/image/DigitalCamera
Uses.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/100-
ways-use-digital-cameras
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/11/four-smart-
ways-to-use-cell-phones-in-class/
Background of the Camera Phone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rCB1K_Fhw

8. References
Kellner, T. (2001, July 9). Survivor. Forbes, 128. Retrieved from
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0709/128.html
Parks, B. (2000, October). The Big Picture. Wired, 8.10. Retrieved from
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.10/kahn.html
JewAge. (2011). Philippe Kahn - Biography. JewAge.org. Retrieved from
http://jewage.org/wiki/ru/Profile:P1219490538&article=Article%3APhil
ippe%20Kahn%20-%20Biography
Fullpower Technologies, Inc. (2013). Philippe Kahn. Fullpower.com.
Retrieved from http://www.fullpower.com/pk/
Kahn, P. & Pargue, C.N. (1994). Forward. In dBase 5.0 for Windows
Handbook (pp. 1-2). New York, NY: Random House Information
Group.