Peter Petroff

Peter Petroff (October 21, 1919 – February 27, 2003) New York Times: Peter D. Petroff Dies at 83; Devised a Digital Wristwatch^[1]) was a Bulgarian-American inventor, engineer, NASA scientist, and adventurer. He was instrumental in the evolution of the NASA space program, and was one of the most prolific inventors of the second half the 20th century. Among his many accomplishments, Petroff developed the world's first computerized pollution monitoring system, telemetry devices for the world's first weather and communications satellites, Petroff helped develop the world's first digital watch, and the world's first wireless heart monitor, and many other important devices and methods. Petroff founded Care Electronics, Inc. which was acquired by Electro-Data, Inc. of garland Texas in the fall of 1971.

Petroff Point on Brabant Island in Antarctica is named for the Bulgarian-American inventor Peter Petroff (1919-2003), who developed the first digital watch.^[2]

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• Peter Petroff
• Peter Petroff, Dies at Age 83, AllBusiness.com
• Dramatic search for tolerance led great scientist to USA
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• Inventor Peter Petroff has location on Antarctic Island named after him "Petroff Point"
• Jeopardy, features Peter Petroff, the NASA Engineer who claims to be the inventor of the world's first digital wrist watch, which he designed for Pulsar, in 1971. Find link to Jeopardy clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OzDCFwJovo.
• Jeopardy!http://www.livedash.com/transcript/jeopardy!/714/KGO/Wednesday_January_12_2011/547149/

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