R&D 100 award for inexpensive gamma ray detector device

Douglas S. McGregor and Walter McNeil have a philosophy: use clever methods to keep things simple.
"You can always add more circuitry to make things complex, but that is just more to break down," McGregor said. "If we keep things very simple and use our knowledge of physics, it turns out that we can make something more reliable and less expensive."

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news5343.html">R&D 100 award for inexpensive gamma ray detector device</a></p> <p>Douglas S. McGregor and Walter McNeil have a philosophy: use clever methods to keep things simple. <br>"You can always add more circuitry to make things complex, but that is just more to break down," McGregor said. "If we keep things very simple and use our knowledge of physics, it turns out that we can make something more reliable and less expensive."</p>