Photobit Execs Make Space Hall of Fame

By KAREN KAPLAN

April 12, 1999 12 AM PT

Five Photobit executives have been inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame for their work in commercializing image-sensing technology from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Pasadena-based Photobit has turned the camera-on-a-chip technology into a line of sensors used in laptop computers, personal digital assistants, video cell phones and other devices. The honorees are co-founders CEO Sabrina Kemeny, Chairman and Chief Scientist Eric Fossum and Deputy Product Division Manager Robert Nixon, along with two other company executives and two JPL researchers.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

Photobit Execs Make Space Hall of Fame

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