...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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| 6070886 | Frame for an in-line skate An in-line skate is disclosed having a rigid frame with a platform and having a boot with a shell. The shell includes a sole. Two longitudinal parallel rails extend downwardly from a lower side of the platform. A plurality of in-line skate wheels are secu... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5904359 | Skate with in-line wheels A skate with in-line wheels, having a first front body, for supporting and locking the front part of the foot, and a second rear body, for supporting and locking at least the heel, the bodies having a first frame and a second frame for supporting a plural... | 05/18/1999 |