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Between 1843 and 1846 a Scottish inventor named Alexander Bain Presented the fax machine.
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Willoughby Smith, a scientist, experimented with light and selenium, showing that we could convert it into electronic signals. -
John Logie Baird was born in 1888, and was a very influential person for the creation of the television. He applied for a patent for a television in 1923. He ran successful experiments for transmitting images in 1926. He began broadcasting in 1930 for the British Broadcasting cooperation.
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The 1920's were the first days of TV so, there were many different names for it, such as Radiovision, Seeing by Wireless, Distant Electric Vision, and Telephonoscope.
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On Sept. 7, 1927, the first successful television demonstration took place in San Francisco. -
At the New York World's Fair, (1939), President Roosevelt became the first person on television, as he was giving a speech. -
May 17, 1939, the first televised baseball game between Princeton and Columbia universities.
The first baseball game was broadcasted on TV. The game was between Princeton and Columbia universities. May 17, 1939 -
Before the 1990's, there were only a few U.S. homes with TV, but by the time the year rolled around, 98% of homes had at least on television set. Most TV's playing for more than seven hours a day!
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In 1954 color television was introduced to consumers, but less than 1% of homes had them. In 1964, 98 percent of homes still had colorless television. -
In 1997, the first flat screen was invented. It weighed 40 pounds and was 3-inches thick. It was invented by a technology company called Fujitsu.