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Tim Collings,
Stratford, Ontario,
1995.
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Tim Collings of Stratford,
Ontario was a consulant on electronic control devices,
usually for industry. But he, along with many other
Canadians, became concerned about the impact of television
violence on children.
So he developed a decoding device that uses infrared signals
to follow an interactive menu that parents can program to
block out certain levels of violent programming.
Broadcasters agreed to code their programming to indicate
the level of violence, and the V-chip was born. The V, by
the way, stands for Viewer, not Violence. Collings now
teaches at Simon Fraser University in British
Columbia.
Source:
"Inventing Canada: One Hundred Years of Innovation," by Roy
Mayer, published by Raincoast Books.
This book is full of interesting stories about Canadians who
developed gadgets and processes that affect our everyday
lives.
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