[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 59 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S4555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 478--COMMEMORATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARGE-
                             COUPLED DEVICE

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

                              S. Res. 478

       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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