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The first computer monitor. Or was it?
While computer monitors today are brilliant displays with flashy colors, The original monitor was actually nothing more than a system of light bulbs turning on and off to allow the engineers to check the inner workings. This monitor was first invented and made by Konrad Zuse, a engineer from Berlin, Germany. No exact date is known of the invention of the first monitor, however it is thought to take place from 1938-1941 source: http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/Z3-Computer-1939.htm -
The CRT monitor - a step towards modern monitors
CRT or Cathode-Ray tube monitors were the first step into modern monitors, using Cathode-Rays inorder to project a simply image. The first commercially viable CRT monitor was produced in 1950, and were still used and improved upon until 2008, where the sales became so underwhelming nobody continued manufacturing them. Source - http://www.pcworld.com/article/209224/historic_monitors_slideshow.html -
The beginnings of the LCD
In 1964, a RCA laboratories scientist names George H. Heilmeier
designed the first DSM mode. This led him to be the first human being to invent the LCD, which is actually just a crystal.
