What is this thing called plasma television and why can’t I get it at the local blood bank? Wherever did it come from and why does it beckon from regions heretofore unknown? Read on, no matter what blood type you may be. July of 1964 marked the entrance of the very first prototype for a plasma display monitor. It was the brain-child of University of Illinois professors Donald Blitzer and Gene Slottow and then graduate student, Robert Wilson. The concept did not become possible however, until the advent of digital and other technologies many years later. Plasma is the name … Continue reading →