[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. Res. 478 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 478

      Commemorating the development of the charge-coupled device.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2006

Mr. Lautenberg submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Commemorating the development of the charge-coupled device.

Whereas charge-coupled device (commonly referred to as ``CCD'') technology 
        revolutionized imaging equipment and has significantly affected society 
        by improving quality of life and the technological capabilities of 
        everyday tools and equipment;
Whereas the CCD is widely used in technology, including digital cameras, video 
        recorders, space-based telescopes, satellites, and medical imaging 
        devices;
Whereas Willard S. Boyle of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and George E. Smith of New 
        Barnegat, New Jersey, have advanced society through their development of 
        the CCD while working at the Murray Hill, New Jersey, Bell Labs site in 
        1969; and
Whereas Mr. Boyle and Mr. Smith have been awarded the 2006 Charles Stark Draper 
        Prize by the National Academy of Engineering and inducted into the 
        Nation Inventors Hall of Fame for their invention; Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate commemorates the development of the 
charge-coupled device.
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