A century after the invention of the television, new research shows nearly half of us are still baffled by screen technology.

Long before that fateful November day, the television landscape was crowded with inventors competing for the title to the as-yet unproven but promising medium. Despite his eventual defeat, Baird ...

In fact, the invention caused a lifetime of pain for Philo T. Farnsworth -- the man who, at only 14 years old, came up with the idea that he later turned into the first working electronic television.

It’s hard to believe that something as arcane as the history of television’s invention makes good material for a Broadway play, but there it is: Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention opened December ...

Tech — How Uncle Sam invented television You might think that the path from radio to broadcast TV to cable TV was … Matthew Lasar - Dec 22, 2010 9:00 pm UTC ...

Inventor Charles Francis Jenkins, second from the left, shows his Mirror Drum Television Receiver in Washington, D.C., 1928. Jenkins conducted the first demonstrations of the technology that would ...

In this hour, we'll look back at the birth of television: it's the story of a lone inventor versus a big corporation. Plus, how television influences the way we look at disease.

The rush to create television was started by a rumor. In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell, the famed inventor of the telephone, sealed documents related to his latest invention and gave them to the ...

Review: 'Farnsworth Invention' at Town Hall Theatre a compelling look at the birth of TV. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 46°F. Monday, May 6th 2024 Today's e-Edition.