Dear SIGCIS members - if you're in DC, we hope you can join us on May 1 for the Lemelson Center's latest Innovative Lives program featuring sports technology inventor Doug DeAngelis. Tell a friend! Best, Eric Hintz Innovative Lives: with sports technology inventor Doug DeAngelis (May 1) Join the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center<https://invention.si.edu/> at the National Museum of American History on Wednesday May 1 for a special Innovative Lives program featuring Doug DeAngelis, the inventor and entrepreneur behind the Lynx photo-finish camera and several other sports officiating technologies. DeAngelis is one of the many athletes and inventors featured in Change Your Game / Cambia tu juego<https://invention.si.edu/change-your-game>, the Lemelson Center's new bilingual, interactive, family-friendly exhibition that explores the intersection of invention, technology, and sports. As a competitive runner, DeAngelis saw an opportunity to improve upon the unreliable film-based photo finish cameras that were popular during the 1980s. In 1990, at age 24, DeAngelis sketched out a two-page concept in which a high-speed camera took digital images of the finish line, added timestamps, and reassembled the images on a computer. This digital solution enabled race officials to provide near-instant results for any contest with a finish line. In 1992, while still in graduate school, DeAngelis founded Lynx System Developers<https://finishlynx.com/>, which today provides photo-finish cameras and timing solutions for the US Olympic Trials, the Kentucky Derby, NASCAR, the Tour de France, and thousands of high school events across the United States. DeAngelis and his teammates also developed the IsoLynx technology, which can precisely locate athletes in the field of play; it was the first system of its kind to track every player in an NFL game. Between Lynx and IsoLynx, Doug is a named inventor on over 200 patents worldwide. Before the program begins, we invite you to enjoy a light reception and tour the in Change Your Game / Cambia tu juego<https://invention.si.edu/change-your-game>, exhibition. Doug will take the stage at 7:15 pm with moderator Eric S. Hintz; an audience Q&A will follow the conversation. The in-person program will be recorded and posted to the Lemelson Center YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/lemelsoncenter>. Innovative Lives: with sports technology inventor Doug DeAngelis Date: Wednesday May 1, 2024 Time: Doors open at 6pm with a light reception; Program 7:15pm; Concludes 8:30pm Where: In-person at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History<https://americanhistory.si.edu/visit/getting-here> 1300 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20560 Free Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovative-lives-doug-deangelis-tickets-8796516... About Innovative Lives: Now in its 29th year, the Lemelson Center's Innovative Lives program series<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVdNys8j2tRoyiYAFh3KGc_Q0QIV3I0jb> gives participants the opportunity to engage in a public conversation with diverse inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs about their pioneering work and careers. Accessibility: The National Museum of American History welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities. Accommodations are available upon request; please email nmahprograms@si.edu<mailto:nmahprograms@si.edu>. _________________________________________________________________ Eric S. Hintz, PhD (he/him), Historian/Acting Deputy Director, Lemelson Center Office +1 202-633-3734 | Mobile +1 610-717-7134 |@EricSHintz hintze@si.edu<mailto:hintze@si.edu> | americanhistory.si.edu<http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/> | invention.si.edu<http://www.invention.si.edu/> Opening March 15, 2024! Change YOUR Game / Cambia TU Juego<https://invention.si.edu/change-your-game> Author, American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/american-independent-inventors-era-corporate-rd> (2021)