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Paul Nipkow created a mechanical television that scans images using the Nipkow disk. He used a rotating-disk method to scan pictures. He invented this while he was still in school in Neustadt, West Prussia. http://inventors.about.com/od/germaninventors/a/Nipkow.htm
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In Washington D.C., Charles Francis Jenkins said he made the first silhouette images that had motion using a mechanical system called radiovision. http://www.funfotos.com/charlesfrancisjenkins.html
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While living on the south coast of Englad, John Logie Baird got a patent for his idea of using arrays of transparent rods to transmit images. His idea was the first time television was created using reflected light instead of silhouttes. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television.htm
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The twenty-one year old inventor, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, began to design this television's system while still in high school, but he didn't make a successful prototype until 1927 in San Francisco. It could capture moving pictures, code them to a radio, and then be seen as a picture on the screen. http://www.biography.com/people/philo-t-farnsworth-40273
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Vladamir Kosma Zworykin, who was working with Westinghouse Electric Corperation in Pittsburgh, created a kinescope. Also, he was the first person to show a working television with all the modern picture tubes. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television.htm
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Cable, or Community Antenna Television, was invented in Pennsylvania by John Walson for communities that couldn't recieve television signals. http://www.millersville.edu/~digitalw/pa_media_museum/things/cewert/myproject.htm
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CBS invented a system for producing colored film, and the FCC adopted their system because it had better picture quality than the RCA's system. http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/color60s/
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Children's shows first aired on a Saturday morning by the American Broadcasting Company. The new shows were called Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring03/Wells/history.htm
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The earliest remote control in America was named "Lazy Bones". It was created by Zenith Electronics Corporation. The first wireless remote control wasn't made until 1955 by Eugene Polley. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television.htm
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Donald Bitzer, Gene Slottow, and Robert Willson invented the first plasma television prototype at the University of Illinois. http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/plasmaTV.htm
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While television takes away time from reading or studying, it can be educational expecially for children. There is an abundance of educational children's shows on television nowadays. http://www.importantindia.com/14184/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-television/
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You can improve your cooking skills and learn new recipes on any of the many cooking channels. http://www.importantindia.com/14184/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-television/
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Television allows people to hear important news right away especially if it concerns their well-being. http://www.importantindia.com/14184/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-television/
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Nowadays, kids spend more time watching television than reading books or studying. The creation of television has greatly affected their work at school. http://www.importantindia.com/14184/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-television/
