Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

75th Anniversary of Television

Posted by michael on from the gilligan-and-maryann-still-not-rescued dept.

SpiceWare writes "In the summer of '21, Philo T. Farnsworth was struck by an inspiration after plowing a field. He transmitted the first television image six years later on September 7, 1927."

2 of 339 comments (clear)

  1. Farnsworth, makes me think of someone... by forgoil · · Score: 1, Troll

    Could it be a certain professor from a certain brilliant TV show that no longer IS on TV. Hmm, the irony, the irony...

    But seriously, TV must be one of the most influencial inventions in ages. It opened up to a whole lot of things, good and bad.

  2. Re:Philo T. Farnsworth? by foobar104 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Saying that Baird invented TV is like saying that Einstein invented the atomic bomb. It's one thing to come up with a principle, or even to demonstrate it in primitive form. It's another thing entirely to come up with a way to use that principle to build a practical device. That's invention.

    If it makes you feel better, you could just say that Philo Farnsworth invented the scanning electron picture tube. Without which... and so on.