...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."
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| 7121503 | Better balanced canard airplane with forward engine To optimize the performance of a canard airplane with an engine in front, the canard is mounted forward of its location in existing canard airplanes. Specifically, the canard is located with its leading edge significantly ahead of the firewall. This allows the canar... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118066 | Tall V/STOL aircraft A vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) airplane is described having a vertical form factor. Making the airplane tall has many advantages when operating in hover mode close to the ground. Several variations of the design are described. The preferred embodim... | 10/10/2006 |
| 4768737 | Helicopter control system An anti-torque system for use in a helicopter has an aft mounted horizontal fan submerged within a fuselage mounted, upward facing plenum. The fan operates off the mainpower source. The plenum has two controllable exit ports for counter torque control, fu... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4296892 | Spherical living module or space A substantially spherical human living module or space has a plurality of pontoons projecting from its lower hemisphere. It is preferably arranged to be self-propelled, as a vehicle, and the pontoons are preferably extensible and retractable. In a version... | 10/27/1981 |