Broadcasting
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Digital Rights Management
PARC’s concepts for trusted systems and digital property rights led to the joint venture called ContentGuard.
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High-definition television
We help develop and standardize HDTV technology–and win an Emmy for our contributions.
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Virtual advertising insertion
Those in-game ads on TV that made you wonder, “How’d they do that?” We did that.
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CCD broadcast camera
The first commercially available all-solid-state broadcast camera delivers clearer, sharper images than ever before.
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Football safety
Developed measures for the NFL to reduce the number and severity of injuries to players.
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Blue light-emitting diode
The world’s first blue light-emitting diode (LED) lays the foundations for Blu-Ray.
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Optical video disk
Optical recording paves the way for first video disk recording/playback system.
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TIROS 1 weather satellite
The world’s first space-based meteorology satellite.
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Color television
RCA Laboratories (now part of SRI) brings television to full-color life.
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Movie printing timer
SRI helps develop technology for faster release of new color prints–and wins an Oscar for its role.