Vladimir Zworykin

Invention: Cathode Ray Tube (called the kinescope in 1929) Background Information on Inventor: Born in Murom, 200 miles east of Moscow, Zworykin at age nine started spending summers as an apprentice aboard the boats his father operated on the Oka River. He eagerly helped repair electrical equipment, and it soon became apparent that he was more interested in electricity than anything nautical. At the Imperial Institute of Technology, Boris Rosing, a professor in charge of laboratory projects, …

…TV has influenced us in so many ways its impossible to list. Not a day goes by when most people have seen at least half an hour of Television. Most recent developments and/or changes in the invention: We have moved from the basic black and white screen to projection Televisions to movie theaters. The cathode ray tube has been adapted to be used as a visual aid for radar and many other important things.