Tuesday 16 July 2013

TV's Father: Philo T. Farnsworth

image credit

On a spring day in 1920 in Rigby, Idaho, a farm boy named Philo took a break from his plowing and invented television. Then his amazing invention was stolen from him.

Fourteen-year-old Philo Taylor Farnsworth was already showing promise as an electricity prodigy. Living on a farm meant lots of tedious chores, which gave Philo plenty of time to think. As he was plowing a field one day, he started wondering if it was possible for radios to broadcast moving pictures as well as sound.

0 comment(s):