An Eidophor was a television projector used to create theater-sized images. The name Eidophor's derived from the Greek words ‘eido’ and ‘phor’ meaning image bearer. Its basic technology was the use of electrostatic charges to deform an oil surface. The idea for the original Eidophor was conceived in 1939 in Zurich by Dr Fritz Fischer and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology with the first prototype being unveiled in 1943. A patent was granted by the United States Pa… (More on Eidophor)