Oliver Grimes

Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday

Dec 1, 1831

Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's work with electromagnetism jumpstarts the era of electronic communication.

1862 First Still Image Transferred

Dec 1, 1862

1862 First Still Image Transferred Abbe Giovanna Caselli invents his Pantelegraph and becomes the first person to transmit a still image over wires.

Scientists May and Smith experiment with selenium and light

Dec 1, 1873

1873 Scientists May and Smith experiment with selenium and light, this reveals the possibilty for inventors to transform images into electronic signals.

camra

Dec 1, 1876

1876 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.
Eugen Goldstein coins the term "cathode rays" to describe the light emitted when an electric current was forced through a vacuum tube.

Sheldon Bidwell experiments with his Telephotography

Dec 2, 1881

1881 Sheldon Bidwell experiments with his Telephotography that was similiar to Bell's Photophone.

And We Called It Television

Dec 2, 1900

1900 And We Called It Television
At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International Congress of Electricity was held. That is where Russian Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the word "television."

cartoon

Dec 3, 1908

A guy drew A Ccartoon by hand it was about a guy and an elephant. it was black and white.

Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.

Dec 2, 1930

1930 Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.
The BBC begins regular TV transmissions

Iowa State University (W9XK) starts broadcasting twice weekly

Dec 2, 1933

1933 Iowa State University (W9XK) starts broadcasting twice weekly television programs in cooperation with radio station WSUI.

Robert Adler invents the first practical remote

Dec 1, 1956

1956 Robert Adler invents the first practical remote control called the Zenith Space Commander. It was proceeded by wired remotes and units that failed in sunlight.

flat skrean tv's.

Dec 2, 2015

We have nice vizeo tv's.