Certain inventions have dramatically transformed the way we live, communicate, and understand the world. Some groundbreaking ...

Kodak engineer Steve Sasson invented the first portable, digital camera in 1975. Kodak received a patent for the device in 1978, but did not put it into production. What's False While Kodak did not ...

Kodak invented the world's first portable, digital camera in the 1970s, but didn't release the technology for public sale until years later to avoid hits to the company's photographic-film business.

WEBSTER, N.Y. — Think about how many times a day you take a picture. The man who helped make that happen spoke to students in Webster on Thursday. Steve Sasson invented the digital camera at Eastman ...

Phones are integral to the everyday lives of most people, but who should be regarded as the device's mastermind? The Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell is routinely credited as the inventor of the ...

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