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ThierryH

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Nobel Prize for CCD Inventer of CCD
« on: October 06, 2009, 07:51:06 am »

I thought it deserves to be known, FYI:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/...hysics-09-10-06

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Thierry
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ThierryH

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Nobel Prize for CCD Inventer of CCD
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2009, 11:35:14 am »

.. and "Kao" means "rice" in chinese, right?

 

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Quote from: xinchenc
Charles Kao born in Shanghai in 1933.
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Nobel Prize for CCD Inventer of CCD
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2009, 12:27:43 pm »

Quote from: xinchenc
Charles Kao born in Shanghai in 1933.
Perhaps you've misread the article.  George Smith and Willard Boyle of Bell Labs in New Jersey were co-inventors of the CCD, and shared the Nobel with Kao, who invented optical fiber data transmission. Both equally important obviously...
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