Steven Sasson Inventor of the Digital Camera (1975) BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer US Patent National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2009) Member of AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Program Photo Source: Gorneault, M. Melissa Gornealut Photojournalism � Retrieved 10/20, 2014, from
The First Digital Camera Built in Kodak’s applied research laboratory First digital pictures and playback system in 1975 Used a Fairchild CCD Stored 30 pictures Images were only 0.01 megapixels Took about a year to build Photo Source: Friedman, David. How Steve Sasson Invented the Digital Camera. Retrieved 11/2, 2014, from the-digital-camera-video
Advice for Disruptive Innovation Understand you corporate culture and speak to it You do have friends, but they may be hard to find Public Relations: be honest and positive All roadblocks are temporary Patience, Persuasion, Persistence
References "Meet the Invention Ambassadors," November 2, 2014; Sasson, Steve. Personal interview. 6 October Sasson, Steven. Rochester Engineering Society Gala Keynote. 9 April 2011.