Andrew Heafitz is an American inventor. He is the VP of product development at Terrafugia, a company developing a flying car.

Early life and education

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Heaftiz grew up in Newton, Massachusetts[1][2] and attended Newton South High School.[3][4][5] He was awarded his first patent when he was 19[6] for a camera shutter. He was the founder of TacShot, a rocket-propelled camera capable of being quickly launched and deployed to photograph an area from overhead.[7][8][9]

Heafitz holds a SB and MS (2000) from MIT.[10]

Awards and honors

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In 2003, he was recognized on the MIT Technology Review's TR100 list.[10]

He received the MIT Lemelson Student Inventor prize in 2002.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Vanderkam, Laura. "Andrew Heafitz: Turning Playing with Model Rockets into a Real Job". Scientific American. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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  5. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Innovator Under 35: Andrew Heafitz, 34". 2.technologyreview.com.
  7. ^ "Andrew Heafitz: Turning Playing with Model Rockets into a Real Job". Scientific American.
  8. ^ "TacShot points and shoots its rocket camera technology". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Student powers to $30K prize". Zdnet.com.
  10. ^ a b "Invented inexpensive rocket-based surveillance systems". Technology Review. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  11. ^ "2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2012.