We haven’t the money, so we’ve got to think.
—Ernest Rutherford
Almost 100 years ago, in 1923, American engineer Vladimir Zworykin submitted a patent application for a complete television system, which included descriptions of camera, transmitter, receiver, and screen (which he named kinescope).1 Dr. Zworykin eventually was credited with the invention of television, which heavily influenced our lives. I don’t think he could have imagined that his creation would become the primary tool of the powerful propaganda machine that helped ...
