How a 23-Year-Old in 1975 Built the World's First Handheld Digital Camera

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By EditorDavidDec 13, 2025, 12:34 pm96 ptsTrending
In 1975, 23-year-old electrical engineer Steve Sasson joined Kodak. And in a new interview with the BBC, he remembers that he'd found the whole photographic process "really annoying.... I wanted to build a camera with no moving parts. Now that was just to annoy the mechanical engineers..." "You take your…

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