Television
InventorPhilo Farnsworth
Year1927
CategoryCommunication
OriginUSA
About Television
Farnsworth sketched his idea for electronic TV at age 14 while plowing a field. RCA tried to steal his patents through Vladimir Zworykin. He won the patent battle but RCA outmaneuvered him commercially. His first transmitted image was a simple line.
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