British inventor of laptop honoured

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/images/gridcompass-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>The British designer of the world's first laptop has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Duke of Edinburgh.</P><br /><P>Bill Moggridge's original designs for the GRID Compass were drawn up way back in 1979, for which he has picked up this year's Prince Philip Designers Prize.</P><br /><P><STRONG>Improving understanding of tech</STRONG></P><br /><P>Moggridge's original designs have been massively important in the ways in which they have helped people understand and use technology, said the jury. </P><br /><P>The Grid Compass is widely agreed to be the world's first laptop. The machine first went on commercial release in 1982 with its own operating system, called Grid-OS.</P><br /><P>It originally cost $,8,000 (£4,900) and was used by the US military and on the space shuttle throughout the 1980s.</P><br /><P>Mr Moggridge told the BBC: "I'm really amazed. The other nominees are such super-heroes of mine and have incredible bodies of work." </P><br /><P>Past winners of the Prince Philip Designers Prize have included Sir James Dyson, Terence Conran and Lord Norman Foster.</P>

British inventor of laptop honoured

The British designer of the world's first laptop has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Duke of Edinburgh. Bill Mogg...

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