Synchronized Camera Flash Inventor expires at the age of 96

The German inventor of the synchronized camera flash, Artur Fischer, who registered more than 1,100 patents in his lifetime thus beating Thomas Edison passed away in Germany on January 27th, 2016 at the age of 96 years. As per The New York Times, Fischer obtained a patent for the synchronized flash system in 1947 that was developed in his attempt to have his newborn daughter photographed. [more]