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Digital Photograph (1957)
The world's first digital photograph

In 1957, computer scientist Russell Kirsch asked the question “What would happen if computers could look at pictures?” The result was this first digital photograph, a 127x127 pixel (5x5 cm) image of his son, Walden.

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[1] Kircsh, Russell, The first digital image made on a computer – 1957. 57HIS001. NIST. Accessed: 23 July 2010.

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[1] NIST Tech Beat - May 24, 2007. nist.gov. Accessed: 23 Jun 2010