Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5331969 | Equipment for testing or measuring brain activity Electrical activity of the brain is analysed by the application of a repetitive stimulus so as to evoke a steady state response, changes or differences in the steady state response being used as a measure of said electrical activity. The spatial distribut... | 07/26/1994 |
| 4955388 | Electroencephalographic attention monitor A method and apparatus for determining the level of attention of a subject to a visual stimulus such as a television commercial displayed on a screen (4) so as to provide objective information for designing the advertising presentation. The technique invo... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4869264 | Electroencephalographic consciousness and anesthetic monitor A method and apparatus for testing the anesthetic depth or consciousness of a subject by directing visible red stimulus signals at the eyes of the subject through closed eyelids at accurately known frequencies. An electroencephalographic (EEG) signal is t... | 09/26/1989 |
