Chinese engineer Charles K. Kao has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the development of communication through fiber optics , which allows messages to be transmitted over long distances. Along with him have also been awarded Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith , from Bell Laboratories, who are recognized for the invention of charge-coupled devices ( CCD , for its acronym in English), which in 1969 began the relay of photographic films. Its application allowed important advances in space technology in imaging .Nobel Prize in Physics for telecommunications
Chinese engineer Charles K. Kao has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the development of communication through fiber optics , which allows messages to be transmitted over long distances. Along with him have also been awarded Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith , from Bell Laboratories, who are recognized for the invention of charge-coupled devices ( CCD , for its acronym in English), which in 1969 began the relay of photographic films. Its application allowed important advances in space technology in imaging .
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