James Russell

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James T. Russell (born 1931 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American inventor. He earned a BA in physics from Reed College in Portland in 1953. He joined General Electric's nearby labs in Richland, Washington, where he initiated many types of experimental instrumentation. He designed and built the first electron beam welder[citation needed].

In 1965, Russell joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Battelle Memorial Institute in Richland. There, in 1965, Russell invented the overall concept of optical digital recording and playback[citation needed]. The earliest patents by Russell, US 3,501,586, and 3,795,902 were filed in 1966, and 1969. respectively[1] [2]. He built prototypes, and the first was operating in 1973. In 1973, 1974, 1975 his prototype was viewed by about 100 companies, including Philips and Sony engineers, and more than 1500 descriptive brochures were sent out to various interested parties[citation needed]. The concept was picked up by many technical and media magazines beginning in 1972[citation needed].

Russell's optical digital inventions and development work preceded that at Philips by about 12 years[citation needed], and were available publicly from 1970. It is fair to say that Russell's concepts, patents, prototypes, and literature instigated and in some measure guided the optical digital revolution[citation needed].

Russell also invented an optical, massively parallel, memory system that uses no moving parts. This concept is taught in 6 patents[citation needed].

He has developed concepts for a novel transportation system and urban structure[citation needed].

Russell currently (July 2007) holds 54 US patents.

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  1. ^ U.S. Patent 3,501,586  Analog to digital to optical photographic recording and playback system, March 1970.
  2. ^ U.S. Patent 3,795,902  Methdo and apparatus for synchronizing photographic records of digital information, March 1974.

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