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Mit: Inventor of the Week: James T. Russell HandoutMit: Inventor of the Week: James T. Russell Handout
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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3rd - 8th
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21 Century Skills
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1170L
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: James T. Russell

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This site provides a biography of James T. Russell, inventor of the compact disk, and the basic ideas behind the technology.

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inventions, inventors

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cd-rom, james t. russell, lemelson-mit, among the first to use a color tv screen and keyboard as the sole interface between computer and operator, built the first electron beam welder, digital compact disc, digital data recording, digital-to-optical, earned 26 patents for cd-rom technology, optical random access memory, record and replay sounds without physical contact, compact disk, james russell

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