Who was the person that invented the compact disc?
James T. Russell invented the compact disc during the 1960s, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Mechanical Engineering. Russell went on to receive patents for various forms of CD and CD-ROM technology as well as for a new type of device known as Optical Random Access Memory, which has yet to be released for sale as of 2010.Source:Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering: Inventor of the Week James T.