Physics Nobel Prize honors three for advances in digital imagery (The Current Online)

October 19th, 2009 by


The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared between three scientists. Dr. Charles K. Kao was awarded half of the award for his breakthrough regarding the transmission of light in the field of fiber optics. Dr. Willard S. Boyle and Dr. George E. Smith were awarded the honor for inventing the Charged-Coupled Device, a sensor found in digital cameras.

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How Nobel Laureates facilitated top digital cameras?

October 11th, 2009 by


Most of the people will be surprised to know that Nobel laureate in physics for the current year Mr. Charles Kao has made big contribution in the area of long-distance communications, technology which is widely used in the digital cameras. He proved that with the help of fiber optics one can transmit data over a [...]

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