At the declaration of the HP-35 as an IEEE Milestone Event in 2009 . Private Archives .
Rode and Hewlett-Packard colleagues , with the HP-80 on the desk . Private Archives .
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The IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing Award . In 2009 , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE ), the highest professional authority in this field , declared the HP-35 a “ milestone in electrical engineering and computing .” A plaque displaying the text of the recognition has been installed in the lobby of Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto , CA . Technical Museum od Slovenia . Photo : Sanja Živković .
Rode is the holder or co-holder of 23 patents in the fields of digital electronics , computer engineering , and metrology , which are used all over the world . For example , he patented the electronic lock and participated in the development of GPS-based satellite navigation for aircraft .
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