Alexander Bell Research Paper

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People hear about all these great inventors in life, such as Benjamin Franklin, who discovered electricity, The Wright Brothers, who built and flew the first powered aircraft and also let's not forget about the great Alexander Bell, who created the first practical telephone! There were so many incredible people that invented items that helped our society prosper and grow in so many ways, and if I were to invent something it would be simple and would help everyone who seems to lose everything.
Have you ever set your remote control down for a second and it magically disappeared or have you lost your cell phone and you looked all over and it is nowhere to be found. Well I have had that problem too many times and i’m sick of it! To solve this problem

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