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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Multiple issues 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

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

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]

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