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Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, [2] FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, [4] best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography , and the retinex theory of color vision , among other things.
The American physicist and industrialist Edwin Herbert Land (1909–1991) launches the first instant camera, Polaroid camera Model 95 on the market. Three American engineers at Bell Laboratories (John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley) invent the transistor. Its lesser size and power compared with electron tubes brings (from 1955 ...
Polaroid founder Edwin H. Land was the primary driver behind the project, and many engineers and designers made key contributions. The final styling of the product involved industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss and his firm. [25] [26] [27] [28]
The invention of commercially viable instant cameras which were easy to use is generally credited to Edwin Land, the inventor of the model 95 Land Camera, widely considered the first commercial instant camera, in 1948, [1] a year after he unveiled instant film in New York City.
The Edwin H. Land Medal is jointly presented by The Optical Society and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). [1] The Land Medal was established in 1992 to honor the noted scientist and entrepreneur Edwin H. Land, [2] who is noted for his invention of instant photography, for founding the Polaroid Corporation, and for developing the theory of Retinex, amongst many other ...
Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), U.S. – Polaroid polarizing filters and the Land Camera; Samuel P. Langley (1834–1906), U.S. – bolometer; Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847–1923), Russia – incandescent lamp; Irving Langmuir (1851–1957), U.S. – gas filled incandescent light bulb, hydrogen welding; Norm Larsen (1923–1970), U.S ...
Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), the American physicist and inventor who built and launched the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926. [1] Goddard held 214 patents for his inventions and pioneering innovations in liquid-propelled, guided, and multi-stage rockets. [2]
Introduced in 1964, it reached a speed of 210 km/h (130 mph). 1960: The first functioning laser is invented by Theodore Maiman. 1963: The first electronic cigarette is created by Herbert A. Gilbert. Hon Lik is often credited with its invention as he developed the modern electronic cigarette and was the first to commercialize it.