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> but every TV today is based on his technology. Philo Farnsworth invented the cathode ray tube. unless you're writing this from the year 2009 or before, I'm g
by cultofmetatron 9mo ago
> but every TV today is based on his technology.
Philo Farnsworth invented the cathode ray tube. unless you're writing this from the year 2009 or before, I'm going to have to push back on the idea that tv's TODAY are based on his technology. They most certainly are not.
- shellac 9mo agoNo, Braun invented the cathode ray tube.
- _nub3 9mo ago1897 Ferdinand Braun invents the Cathode Ray Tube dubbed "Braunsche Röhre" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenjiro_Takayanagi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenjiro_Takayanagi 'Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television"' He presented it in 1926 (Farnsworth in 1927) However father of television was this dude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Ardenne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Ardenne Better resolution, wireless transmission and Olympics 1936
- jedberg 9mo agoHe invented electronic rasterization, a form of which is still in use today.