On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the patent for the telephone.

A few days later, the renowned inventor made the first telephone call ever, calling his assistant in an adjacent room, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

Though perhaps not the most imaginative first statement for a world-changing invention, arguably one of the most important ever made, how could he have imagined the scale of growth that would occur for his new device?

Nearly 147 years later, in early 2021, countless people worldwide watched live on their smartphones as a robot landed on the planet Mars.

Incredible.