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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board CCD sensor wins Nobel prize Matthew Ginn, Photographer Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 9:52 AM on 10.06.09 ->> Boyle and Smith, who invented the CCD sensor which revolutionized photography, have been awarded half of this year's Nobel prize for physics. (The other half went to Charles Kao for his work on fiber optics.) Read about it here: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/index.html and here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/science/07nobel.html?_r=1&hp  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 12:41 PM on 10.06.09 ->> "The other half of the prize was shared by two researchers at Bell Labs, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith" Ah... Bell Labs... A geek's dream...  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions David A. Cantor, Photographer, Photo Editor Toledo | OH | USA | Posted: 1:37 PM on 10.06.09 ->> If they only had called in sick, we'd still be using film.....plus that Reuters photo of Smith is really noisy....a CMOS chip would have helped out there.....  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: CCD sensor wins Nobel prize Thread Started By: Matthew Ginn Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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