Andrew Heafitz Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrew Heafitz: Turning Playing with Model Rockets into a Real Job. Laura. Vanderkam. Scientific American. 23 November 2021.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20030302101958/http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-02SP.html
3. Web site: Kentucky New Era - Google News Archive Search. News.google.com. 23 November 2021.
4. Web site: The Day - Google News Archive Search. News.google.com. 23 November 2021.
5. News: Archives. Los Angeles Times. 23 November 2021.
6. Web site: Innovator Under 35: Andrew Heafitz, 34. 2.technologyreview.com.
7. Web site: Andrew Heafitz: Turning Playing with Model Rockets into a Real Job. Scientific American.
8. Web site: TacShot points and shoots its rocket camera technology. Bizjournals.com. 23 November 2021.
9. Web site: Student powers to $30K prize. Zdnet.com.
10. Web site: Invented inexpensive rocket-based surveillance systems. Technology Review. 13 January 2012.
11. Web site: 2002 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner. https://web.archive.org/web/20030216062331/http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-heafitz.html. dead. 16 February 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 13 January 2012.