Gary Gordon | |
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| Born | November 16, 1939 Portland, Oregon |
| Education | U.C. Berkeley BSEE Stanford MSEE |
| Spouse | Nicola Whitney 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 over 100 patents including the modern optical computer mouse, [1] 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, [2] [3] Logic Clip, [4] [5] Logic Pulser, [6] [7] [8] and HP's first Logic Analyzer. [9] Subsequently he led a number of significant projects including HP's distance-measuring laser interferometer, [10] the ORCA Robot, [11] 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 [12] 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 one's gaze and the SoftSwitch [13] input device, both for paralyzed computer users, teaching radio technology at Handiham Archived 2017-07-20 at the Wayback Machine radio camps, and creating a short video showcasing their work. [14]
In 2017 the Computer History Museum produced a 45 minute video [15] and transcript [16] chronicling Gordon's career and his contributions to the development of digital computers.