Hackers' Pub

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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

12/13/2025, 4:20:06 PM

Public

A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera

Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251205-how-the-handheld-digital-camera-was-born
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191734

Steve Sasson pictured with the digital camera he designed (Credit: George Eastman Museum)

A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera

In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the same again.

www.bbc.com

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