deandean1125
deandean1125 t1_iydzfgw wrote
Reply to comment by Ashe_feet_97 in TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja
First, yes, but his system had severe limitations. One or two people could use it, but the Farnsworth system ultimately won out because it could be viewed by many more people
deandean1125 t1_iydytmt wrote
Reply to comment by ramriot in TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja
Baird made mechanical television, basically a spinning disc with holes in it that could produce an image.
Farnsworth made what we used to use until recently.
Both had the same idea, but went about it in different ways
deandean1125 t1_iye5s0m wrote
Reply to comment by Ashe_feet_97 in TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja
I'm unsure how that equates. Airplanes today use the same control systems that the Wrights put together in 1903, the only differences are that you sit in a seat and that the elevator is in the back