This is the first portable digital camera. It was developed by Steve Sasson in 1975. They were granted a patent in 1978, but did disclose their work to the public until 2001.
A quote from the technical report verifies that the team that put it together didn’t really know what they had:
The camera described in this report represents a first attempt demonstrating a photographic system which may, with improvements in technology, substantially impact the way pictures will be taken in the future.
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