Early Morning Byte | September 12, 2022

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Deep Dive: Lonnie Snyder, Chief Information and Technology Officer at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games 

Lonnie Snyder's passion for using technology to help people keeps him busy. With the 2022 Special Olympics just behind him, he's beginning a new adventure as Chief Information and Technology Officer for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. Read about the app he created for the 2022 USA Games and how he plans to use the lessons learned in his new role. 

 By Catherine Pyle, Contributing Writer ● Read More...

TECH TIME TRAVEL

First Demonstration of an Integrated Circut. 

September 12, 1958 - Jack Kirby, a Texas Instruments Engineer, demonstrates his prototype for a hybrid integrated circuit. Kirby's prototype was made of germanium and used external wire connections making it difficult to mass produce. The first customer for the integrated circuit was the U.S. Air Force in 1961. Nearly 40 years later in 2000, Jack Kirby was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the development of the integrated circuit. Read the full history of the integrated circuit, now widely used in electronics around the world.

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