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The era of electronic inventions
Scientists began working with electronics to make life better. -
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History of television
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A still picture is transferred
Abbe Giovanna Caselli invented the Pantelegraph. It could transfer an image through wires, similar to the way telephone wires transfer sound. -
The transfer of pictures to signals
Scientists named Smith and May figured out that they could transform pictures into signals to be sent over wires more easily -
Invention of the photophone
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison came up with the Photophone. It could transfer sound. -
The technology works
A man named Paul Nipkow figured out how to send multiple pictures through wires. -
It was named television
The first television was seen at the 1900 World Fair in Paris. -
A new kind of TV
Scientists developed a new way to work the television. -
The moving picture is developed
A scientist developed a way to capture objects in motion. -
The television is tested publically
The first long distance television test ran between Washington D.C. and New York. -
The first TV station is born
The first station was named W3XK. -
The first major television network
CBS was the first major TV network. -
Color TV is released
Color TV was released to the public -
The flat screen takes over
Developers at Panasonic developed and released the flat screen TV -
The HDTV mandate
The American people made the switch to all-digital television viewing
