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Zworykin

[ zwawr-i-kin ]

noun

  1. Vlad·i·mir Kos·ma [vlad, -, uh, -meer , koz, -m, uh], 1889–1982, U.S. physicist, engineer, and inventor, born in Russia: known as the “father of television.”


Zworykin

/ ˈzwɔːrɪkɪn /

noun

  1. ZworykinVladimir Kosma18891982MUSRussianSCIENCE: physicistFILMS AND TV: television pioneer Vladimir Kosma (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˈkɒsmə). 1889–1982, US physicist and television pioneer, born in Russia. He developed the first practical television camera
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Zworykin later told interviewers that highway deaths and injuries motivated him to work on creating autonomous vehicles: “My idea was that control of automobiles should be done by the road.”

Zworykin’s system relied on a combination of a cable in the road and sensors in the front of the car.

Zworykin would continue to show off versions of his system to journalists and others at least through the late 1950s, but little came from his efforts.

In Zworykin’s autonomous automobiles, it seemed, could be found the answer to all the carnage on the highway.

Though research into autonomous vehicles has continued since Zworykin’s time, automated vehicles were mostly just interesting experiments and DARPA-funded competitions until late in the 2000s.

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