The camera in your smartphone started in a NASA lab. In this opinion piece, inventor Dr. Eric Fossum explains how the Bayh-Dole Act helped bring his CMOS image sensor to billions of people, and why proposed changes to the law could keep the next big invention stuck in the lab.
Dr. Eric Fossum
Dr. Eric Fossum is the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, director of the PhD Innovation Program and vice provost for industry partnerships for innovation and education at Dartmouth College.