Pixel inventor Russell Kirsch dead at 91

Updated August 14 2020 - 9:01am, first published 8:56am
Russell Kirsch scanned an image of his infant son into the world's first digital scanner in 1957.
Russell Kirsch scanned an image of his infant son into the world's first digital scanner in 1957.

Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world's first digital photograph, has died aged 91 at his home in Portland, Oregon.

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