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[Chiefwinston]

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[Likay]

See there! Way ahead of his time!!!

[cybereality]

Wild. But was it 3-D??!?!?!

[Tone]

FYI, this is Hugo Gernsback, founder of the magazine "Amazing Stories." The yearly Sci-Fi achievement awards "The Hugos" are named after him. Pioneered the art of texting/twitter abbreviations with his first novel entitled: "Ralph 124C 41+" - "one to foresee for many"("one plus"). Was apparently a more skilled publisher than writer, as several sci-fi authors referred to him as "Hugo the Rat." Also a prolific inventor with 80+ patents including an underwater roller coaster - http://www.google.com/patents/download/ ... ew_r&cad=0. The TV glasses were, of course, just a publicity stunt, another Gernsback specialty.

[cybereality]

Some nice history right there.

[ShawmK]

Sorry, I know this is an older thread, but I've been exploring the forum a bit!

I love this photo; the article it comes from is available on Google Books; here is the page where he talks about his idea for "Television Eyeglasses":

http://books.google.com/books?id=JlIEAA ... e&q&f=true

Like so many of his ideas, this was way ahead of its time!