A 1974 handout file picture shows Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle (L) and George Smith with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information. Canadian-American Boyle and Smith of the U.S. share one half of the 2009 physics Nobel prize with Charles Kao, a Shanghai-born British-American, for inventing the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, the award-winning committee announced on October 6, 2009. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

A 1974 handout file picture shows Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle (L) and George Smith with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information. Canadian-American Boyle and Smith of the U.S. share one half of the 2009 physics Nobel prize with Charles Kao, a Shanghai-born British-American, for inventing the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, the award-winning committee announced on October 6, 2009.

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  5. A 1974 handout file picture shows Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle (L) and George Smith with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information. Canadian-American Boyle and Smith of the U.S. share one half of the 2009 physics Nobel prize with Charles Kao, a Shanghai-born British-American, for inventing the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, the award-winning committee announced on October 6, 2009.
  6. Photo taken on October 6, 2009 shows file portraits of (from L) Britain's Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith of the US, winners of the 2009 Physics Nobel Prize winners projected during the announcement at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith won the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize on October 6, 2009 for pioneering 'masters of light' work on fibre optics and semiconductors, the Nobel jury said. The Hong Kong-based expert Kao and his two American counterparts were hailed for creating the two tools that helped unleash the Information Technology revolution of today.
  7. CORRECTS DATE OF PHOTO TO DEC. 20, 1974** This Dec. 20, 1974 photo provided Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 by Alcatel-Lucent shows Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle, left, and George Smith at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information. Smith and Boyle, and Charles K. Kao, whose research in the 1960s laid the foundation for digital images and lightning-fast communication shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their work developing fiber-optic cable and the sensor at the heart of digital cameras.
  8. This 1970 photo provided Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 by Alcatel-Lucent shows Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle, left, and George Smith at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information. Smith and Boyle, and Charles K. Kao, whose research in the 1960s laid the foundation for digital images and lightning-fast communication shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their work developing fiber-optic cable and the sensor at the heart of digital cameras.
  9. This 1970 photo provided Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 by Alcatel-Lucent shows Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle, left, and George Smith with the charge-coupled device, which transforms patterns of light into useful digital information. Smith and Boyle, and Charles K. Kao, whose research in the 1960s laid the foundation for digital images and lightning-fast communication shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their work developing fiber-optic cable and the sensor at the heart of digital cameras.
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  11. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 19: George Smith of the Wallabies is tackled during the 2009 Tri Nations series Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Westpac Stadium on September 19, 2009 in Wellington, New Zealand.
  12. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 19: George Smith of the Wallabies is tackled by Ma'a Nonu of the All Blacks during the 2009 Tri Nations series Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Westpac Stadium on September 19, 2009 in Wellington, New Zealand.
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