Photo: Pascal Le Segretain / Staff / Getty Images News via Getty Images George E. Smith, one of the co-inventors of the CCD sensor, passed away on May 28th at his home in Waretown, New Jersey. The Washington Post reports that his death was confirmed by his son, Carson Smith, but that no cause was provided. Dr. Smith was a Bell Labs researcher in 1969 when he and his colleague, Willard S. Boyle, sketched an idea on a blackboard that would eventually become the first digital image sensor. The Char...
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain / Staff / Getty Images News via Getty Images George E. Smith, one of the co-inventors of the CCD sensor, passed away on May 28th at his home in Waretown, New Jersey. The Washington Post reports that his death was confirmed by his son, Carson Smith, but that no cause was provided. Dr. Smith was a Bell Labs researcher in 1969 when he and his colleague, Willard S. Boyle, sketched an idea on a blackboard that would eventually become the first digital image sensor. The Char...
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