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About Gary Babcock Gordon
- Gary Gordon is a retired engineer, naval officer, associate professor at San Jose State University, Agilent Technologies Fellow, and co-founder of Cambotics, a company pioneering robotic studio camera dollies.
- He is a named inventor on 79 patents including the modern optical computer mouse, and his works have been featured on over 20 journal and magazine covers.
- At Hewlett Packard he pioneered instrumentation for testing computer circuits including the first Logic Probe, Logic Clip, Logic Pulser, and HP's first Logic Analyzer.
- Subsequently he led a number of significant projects including HP's distance-measuring laser interferometer, the ORCA Robot, and various instruments used in analytical chemistry and bioscience.
- His research also included computer input devices, and in 1999 he was awarded HP's first annual Prize for Innovation for co-inventing the modern optical computer mouse which measures travel by correlating successive images of the work surface.
- His philanthropic interests include writing eye tracking software for controlling a screen cursor with ones gaze and the SoftSwitch input device, both for paralyzed computer users, teaching radio technology at Handiham radio camps, and creating a short video showcasing their work..
- In 2017 the Computer History Museum produced a 45 minute video and transcript chronicling Gordon's career and his contributions to the development of digital computers.
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