Back in 1923, the young Scott, John Logie Baird (above), invented the very first TV in his rooms in Hastings, E Sussex.
It was a rustic affair, comprising of bits and pieces that he found around him; including an old hat box, some scissors, darning needles, a tea chest, and some sealing wax. A machine worthy of Heath Robinson.
Baird 'perfected' his 'Televisor' over the next few years, and EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO presented his invention to 40 members of London's prestigious 'Royal Institution' in an upstairs room in Soho.
Little did he know quite what his experiments would lead-to.
He died in Bexhill in East Sussex, just one month before I was born.
This (below) I believe was his very first transmitted image.
So, thank you Johnny; you changed our lives for ever! For the good and the bad.
He'll be spinning in his grave now.
ReplyDeleteThings have certainly changed since his Televisor days. He could never have imagined.....
DeleteIncredible. Definitely a character to remember.
ReplyDeleteThank you John Baird for your ingenuity.
He changed the world for ever.
DeleteIf I remember well, he took as example the perforated disc of the German Paul Nipkow who developped this already in 1884. Yes TV can be good or bad as you say.
ReplyDeleteBettina
These days, mostly bad; or indifferent.
DeleteHe was born and raised in Helensburgh, Scotland. At first I thought his name was John Yogi Bear.
ReplyDeleteYes, another Scott who headed South to Sussex. Wasn't Yogi Bear named after him?
DeleteAnd that scanning pixelating concept, is the basis for what we are seeing when we read your blog.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. He gave rise to things he could never have imagined.
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