Inventor

Robert Adler on his management style as director of research at Zenith and becoming a vice president

Robert Adler on advice to aspiring television scientists and inventors

Carl Brainard on inventing a garage door opener

Garrett Brown on inventing the Steadicam and the Arm

Garrett Brown on the final form of the Steadicam

Garrett Brown on how the Steadicam works

Garrett Brown on teaching Steadicam workshops

Garrett Brown on what it takes to be a successful Steadicam operator

Garrett Brown on inventing the Skycam, often used for sports on television

Garrett Brown on his process of invention

Garrett Brown on advice for aspiring inventors

Ray Dolby on his patents on the video tape recorder

Ray Dolby on the basics of his noise reduction system

Elma Farnsworth on Philo's idea for electronic television

Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo patenting television in 1927

Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube

Elma Farnsworth on the drawbacks to mechanical disc television and the obstacles Philo encountered when creating electronic television

Elma Farnsworth on how her husband Philo T. Farnsworth used to solved problems while he slept

Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's input on commercial broadcast standards for the United States

Barney McNulty on how he became involved with The Ed Wynn Show, where he first wrote out cue cards

Barney McNulty on the specifics of his cue card process and on his cue card company Ad-Libs

Barney McNulty on cue card professionals dealing with censorship

Barney McNulty on working with actors reading cue cards, including an initially reluctant Bette Davis