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Ken Schaffer (born October 19, 1947) is an American inventor and former publicist.〔("Profiles: Opening Windows" The New Yorker, December 2, 1991 )〕 ==Inventor== In 1975 Schaffer invented the Schaffer-Vega Diversity System, a low-noise/wide dynamic range wireless guitar system that was form-factored as a wireless microphone in 1976.〔(Guitar Player Magazine, Eliminating the Physical Link Between the Guitar and the Amplifier, (PDF) )〕 Schaffer-Vega made approximately one thousand wireless systems that retailed for $4,400 each. Among the first bands to adopt the Schaffer Vega Diversity System were the Rolling Stones, KISS, and AC/DC. Additionally, NASA used Schaffer's wireless microphones to improve astronaut voice communication.〔("How Ken Schaffer's TV2ME (or Something Just Like It, But Cheaper) Will Change Television Forever, PBS" )〕 In the 1980s, Schaffer developed a satellite tracking system that made it possible for United States intelligence agencies to monitor the internal television of the then-Soviet Union. In 2003, Schaffer invented a device called TV2Me, which enables customers to access their cable TV channels from anywhere in the world via a broadband Internet connection.〔(The New York Times, I Want my Moscow TV )〕 The concept TV2Me introduced became known as 'placeshifting', as opposed to 'timeshifting'. The first TV2Me unit was purchased by musician Sting, who used it especially to follow his team, Newcastle United as he toured.〔(PBS.com, How Ken Schaffer's TV2Me Will Change Television Forever )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Schaffer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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