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Steven Sasson was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for the invention of the digital camera, which has revolutionized the way images are captured, stored, and shared, creating new opportunities in commerce, education, and global communication.
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2:48: Steve Sasson’s memories of being hired as an electrical engineer for a Kodak research lab fresh out of graduate school in 19735:07: Sasson takes on a filler project to evaluate a newly developed CCD sensor and uses his interest in how light affects silicon and electronics to achieve a futuristic innovation12:58: Using an audio cassette tape to store the electronic charge pattern, the playback system he needed to view the resulting digital file on a TV set, and building everything from scratch by scr...23:00: The challenges of presenting the world’s first digital camera system to Kodak executives, the perplexing reaction when no one understood, and the potential disruption to Kodak’s core busines...Steve Sasson invented the world’s first self-contained digital camera for Eastman Kodak Co., in 1975, changing the future of photography and transforming an industry. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Sasson was always drawn to exploring electronics. After pursuing his interest in technology at Brooklyn Technical High School, Sasson studied electri...
Steve Sasson Profile at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: https://eng.rpi.edu/about/alumni-achievements/steven-j-sasson Steve Sasson at the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame: https://www.invent.org/inductees/steven-sasson Steve Sasson at the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation: https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/steven-sasson/ The Georg...
May 9, 2021 · Today, the first digital camera that Steven Sasson made in 1975 is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. It’s inventor, Steven Sasson, has now retired from Kodak and dedicates his time to promoting the importance of creativity and inspiring students to improve the world by creating innovative solutions.
Aug 12, 2015 · Such a world existed in 1973, when Steven Sasson, a young engineer, went to work for Eastman Kodak. Two years later he invented digital photography and made the first digital camera.
Steven Sasson, the Eastman Kodak engineer who built the first digital camera in 1975.
Aug 18, 2015 · The technology that allows us to snap pictures on our phones in order to upload to Instagram and Snapchat was all thanks to engineer Steven Sasson, who invented the digital camera in 1975 at the...
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A lifelong research engineer at Eastman Kodak Company, Steven Sasson changed the future of photography when he invented the world’s first digital camera.
