Don’t reinvent the law that put a camera in your pocket

MMinnesota Spokesman-Recorder·By Dr. Eric Fossum·November 5, 2026 Read on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder ↗

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The camera in your smartphone started in a NASA lab. In this opinion piece, inventor Dr. Eric Fossum explains how the Bayh-Dole Act helped bring his CMOS image sensor to billions of people, and why

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