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Pixel inventor, computer scientist Russell Kirsch dies at 91 – The Times of Israel
Son of Jewish immigrants to US is credited with scanning the world’s first digital photograph in 1957
PORTLAND, Oregon Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the worlds first digital photograph, died ust 11 at his home in Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian reported. He was 91.
Pixels, the digital dots used to display photos, video and more on phone and computer screens, weren’t an obvious innovation in 1957, when Kirsch created a small, 2-by-2-inch black-and-white digital image of his son, Walden, as an infant. That was among the first images ever scann…
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