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Javaman

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8. Here's the irony...

Reply to global1 (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:32 PM

Sep 2012

Steven J. Sasson (b. 1950) is an electrical engineer who is credited with inventing the digital imaging sensor, while working with supervisor Gareth A. Lloyd at the Eastman Kodak Company.

In 1978, Sasson and Lloyd were issued United States Patent 4,131,919 for their digital camera.
* The charge-coupled device used in digital cameras was invented in 1969 at AT&T Bell Labs by Willard Boyle and George E. Smith.

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Kodak to Stop Selling Consumer Inkjet Printers, Cut More Jobs [View all] marmar Sep 2012 OP

I know these peoples pain liberal N proud Sep 2012 #1

As much as I feel for the loss of jobs, Kodak never made decent printers - and the company is dying. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #2

Kodak was the first major developer of Digital Photography liberal N proud Sep 2012 #5

Yeah, but they lost the market. Nikon destroyed them in the marketplace. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #6

So sad to see the end of an era for this once-groundbreaking company frazzled Sep 2012 #3

I Blame The People That Ran Kodak When Digital Photography Was Coming Into Its Own..... global1 Sep 2012 #4

Here's the irony... Javaman Sep 2012 #8

I am an HP printer fan PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #7