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Léon Theremin
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Léon Theremin (27 August 1896 - 3 November 1993) was an inventor, musician, physicist and spy, born in Saint Petersburg (Russia) as Lev Sergeyevich Termen(Лев Сергеевич Термен). He is best known for his invention of the Theremin — a proximity sensitive musical instrument — and The Thing — a passive covert listening device (bug) that was used to spy on the Americans.

Known inventions
  • 1919
    Theremin (etherphone)
  • 1932
    Electronic crib alarm
  • ?
    Metal detector 1
  • 1927
    100-line television
  • ?
    Prototype colour television
  • 1944
    Beacon for lost submarines
  • 1945
    M-803 vocoder (analogue voice encryption system)
  • 1945
    Resonant Cavity Microphone (The Thing, The Great Seal Bug)
  • 1947
    BURAN - infrared listening device
  1. Developed for the US Bureau of Prisons, but not working satisfactory [1].
References
  1. Benjamin B. Fisher, Leon Theremin - CIA Nemesis
    CIA historical article on Theremin. Date unknown, but probably mid-2002.
    Partly declassified on 28 December 2010.
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