In this video from 1978, former Bell Labs researchers Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith present their invention, the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), for which they have been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.
with all due respect...check out smith's pants! i love it! also great are 5:17, 6:31, 7:02, and finally 8:34. i think the reason that i get such a kick out of it is because i'm a scientist and (for better or worse) i see a lot of myself in these guys! the fidgeting, talking to the floor and always struggling to be very precise in their statements have great comic effect!
My Warmest CONGRATULATIONS for an astonnishing profound technical achievement and of course for the great Nobel Prize in physics for this year - without the CCD sensor, the so many important space exploration probes, like the Mariner probes, the Voyager probes, the Vikings & so forth, and all the amazing photographs they have sent back to earth, it wouldn't be a reality - it all could be made technically possible thanks only to the advanced CCD sensor!
hmm well, they contributed a very well invention that's why they're in the noble prize...
lovelplants 3 months ago
@physicalKinetics lol.....
mitsri1991 9 months ago
... and the future is now.
luh2112 1 year ago
with all due respect...check out smith's pants! i love it! also great are 5:17, 6:31, 7:02, and finally 8:34. i think the reason that i get such a kick out of it is because i'm a scientist and (for better or worse) i see a lot of myself in these guys! the fidgeting, talking to the floor and always struggling to be very precise in their statements have great comic effect!
physicalKinetics 2 years ago
Congratulations to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for winning this year's Nobel Prize in physics! Truly amazing invention.
Dodgesrtx 2 years ago
My Warmest CONGRATULATIONS for an astonnishing profound technical achievement and of course for the great Nobel Prize in physics for this year - without the CCD sensor, the so many important space exploration probes, like the Mariner probes, the Voyager probes, the Vikings & so forth, and all the amazing photographs they have sent back to earth, it wouldn't be a reality - it all could be made technically possible thanks only to the advanced CCD sensor!
Thbenjaminsson 2 years ago