Major inventions and improvements from Harold Hopkins

One of Harold’s major inventions was the zoom lens, which he created after a request from BBC. These new lenses opened up a new arena for television images and also paved the way for outside broadcasts and modern visual media. The second among his notable inventions is the development of fiber optics, fiberscope and endoscope. Fiber optics and fiberscopes have revolutionized the medical and manufacturing industry. A partnership between Hopkins and Karl Storz resulted in the invention of rod-lens endoscope, which provide an exceptional performance for endoscopy and paved the way for keyhole surgery. Hopkins was also able to bring about improvements to the laser disc and CD optical system by creating a mathematical analysis and calculated geometrical method, which played an immense role in bringing down the cost of CD players.   

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