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Jason Dunn
02-24-2006, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/02/21/boyle-award060221.html?ref=rss' target='_blank'>http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/02/21/boyle-award060221.html?ref=rss</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Willard Boyle, a Canadian scientist who helped invent a light-sensitive chip, accepted a prestigious engineering award in the U.S. on Tuesday. Boyle and George Smith will share the $500,000 US award for the invention of the "Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), a light-sensitive component at the heart of digital cameras and other widely used imaging technologies," the U.S. National Academy of Engineering said. Some of the best-known applications of the invention are in consumer electronics, such as digital cameras, video cameras, and scanners."</i><br /><br />Every time you take a photo with your digital camera, hum a little O Canada eh? :lol:

Doug Johnson
02-24-2006, 06:04 AM
Not my digital camera... or any other Canon DSLR for that matter. They use CMOS instead. :wink: