Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.
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episode 106: Digital Eyes
Back in episode 90 I made a passing reference to the Cyclops, the first consumer digital camera. It's this masterstroke of hackery that uses a RAM chip as a makeshift image sensor. In this episode I'm coming back around to the Cyclops and taking a look at the origins of digital imaging in general.
Selected Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmSeVfmZHw - Terry Walker CHM lecture
https://sci-hub.ru/10.1109/6.591664 - The origins of the PN junction
https://sci-hub.ru/10.1364/AO.11.000522 - The silicon vidicon photometer