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Electromagnetism
Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's work with electromagnetism jumpstarts the era of electronic communication. -
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TIMESPAN
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First Still Image Transferred
Abbe Giovanna Caselli invents his Pantelegraph and becomes the first person to transmit a still image over wires. -
Transforming images into electronic signals.
Scientists May and Smith experiment with selenium and light, this reveals the possibilty for inventors to transform images into electronic signals. -
Selenium camera
Boston civil servant George Carey was thinking about complete television systems and in 1877 he put forward drawings for what he called a selenium camera that would allow people to see by electricity -
Devices that transmit image as well as sound.
Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison theorize about telephone devices that transmit image as well as sound. -
Lines of Resolution
Paul Nipkow sends images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology calling it the electric telescope with 18 lines of resolution -
First Moving Silhouette Images
American Charles Jenkins and John Baird from Scotland, each demonstrate the mechanical transmissions of images over wire circuits -
First TV studio
John Baird opens the first TV studio, however, the image quality was poor. -
First TV commercial
Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.
The BBC begins regular TV transmissions. -
1 billion TV sets world wide
The FCC approves ATSC's HDTV standard.
A billion TV sets world-wide.
