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Little Dog
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Little Dog asked in Consumer ElectronicsCameras · 1 decade ago

We all should be thanking these guys...?

"Willard Boyle, a Canadian-American, and George Smith of the United States shared the other half for inventing the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091006/ts_nm/us_nobel...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    This was the invention that allowed digital cameras to exist. I wonder if these Bell Labs guys new how big this would actually be.

  • Jim A
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Good call but you're in the wrong forum - this is cameras.

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