News Summary

• Fossum is the inventor of the camera-on-a-chip.
• He has not only fathered an era of space-based photography, but also the many industries and technologies that revolve around the micro-cameras we know today.
• The history of the CMOS can be traced back to NASA’s desire to install small, low-powered cameras capable of capturing high-resolution imagery on interplanetary spacecraft.
• CMOS image sensors are the basis upon which most modern cameras work - from the camera on your phone and in your doorbell, to the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems that power self-driving cars, and even the cameras still heading into space today.