Wicked Problems. A wicked problem is a social or cultural problem that is difficult or impossible to solve for as many as four reasons: incomplete or contradictory knowledge, the number of people and opinions involved, the large economic burden, and the interconnected nature of these problems with other problems.
Surely you remember Iridium, Motorola Corporationâs $5 billion low-Earth-orbit debacle. Planned in the mid-1980s, the system was archaic by the time it was deployed in 1998, offering global communications from a brick-size, $3,000 phone at charges from $6 to $30 a minute.
The first cellular phone was invented and demonstrated in 1973 by Martin Cooper, an engineer and general manager for Motorola, who successfully developed a portable handset using cellular communications technology. Cooper made the first ever cellular phone call in April 1973 using the prototype Motorola Dyna-Tac.