Zworykin

American

[zwawr-i-kin] / ˈzwɔr ɪ kɪn /

noun

Vladimir Kosma 1889–1982, U.S. physicist, engineer, and inventor, born in Russia: known as the “father of television.”

Zworykin British

/ ˈzwɔːrɪkɪn /

noun

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 was already famous, having helped RCA’s David Sarnoff develop the television, but by 1953, he had turned some of his efforts to automating the automobile.

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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.”

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

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

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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.

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