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The Nipkow Disk
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 -
Radiovision
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 -
First Reflected Light Demonstration
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 -
First Successful Electronic Television
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 -
The Kinescope
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 -
Cable Television
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 -
Color Broadcasting
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/ -
Children's Shows
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 -
Remote Controls
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 -
Plasma Televisions
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 -
Advantage
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/ -
Advantage
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/ -
Advantage
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/ -
Disadvantage
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/
