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10-06-2009 2:53 PM |
Thought this was kinda cool... <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>Boyle and Smith created the first successful Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) in 1969 while working at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey.<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>Boyle and Smith did not set out to reinvent photography; they were trying to develop better electronic memory. To that end, they developed a silicon plate with millions of light-sensitive photocells. The CCD accumulated light-induced charges over its surface, and transported them to be read out at the edge of the light-sensitive area. The process makes use of an effect theorized by Albert Einstein, who won the 1921 Nobel Prize for the idea.<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87667/739426.png" alt="Upload">} <BR><a href="http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3if5d42373f4e4dac287db9c56e0104ad0" target="_blank">http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3if5d42373f4e4dac287db9c56e0104ad0</a>
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