GET INSPIRED PAO Receives 2024 Communicators Award of Excellence for AD-X2 Documentary AdminMay 14, 2024040 views Credit: Courtesy Communicator Awards NIST’s “The AD-X2 Controversy” documentary received a Communicators Award of Excellence in the General-History & Biography, category. Individuals recognized by the AIVA for this video were: Leon Geršković – Producer José Ricardo García – Director/Writer Robin Materese – Associate Producer Jenny Wang – Motion Graphics This year, the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) received more than 3,000 entries from across the U.S. and around the world. The AD-X2 Controversy In the 1940s and ’50s, amid a booming economy and rapid scientific progress, a charismatic salesman sought to make his fortune with a chemical additive, AD-X2, that he claimed would revolutionize the car battery business. When tests from a prominent scientific agency showed that the additive was worthless, its director had to battle public opinion and political pressure to defend the importance of scientific integrity. Source link