MMC-2000 Lecture Notes - Fall 2015 Lecture 16 - Wonder Bread, Philo Farnsworth, David Sarnoff
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*modern marvels: television: a window to the world (on bb) At 14, invented means to project images over the radio. Farnsworth fought with rca, received continual royalties for a few years. Ended up in office of marconi (invented wireless) Picked up message of titanic sinking, stayed on the air to alert other ships. Radio initially competed with tv, image blurry and pointless. Late 1930, anti trust case forced him to sell one nbc program, became abc. Teamed up with competitor dumont, broadcast world series. Thought up cell phones and other major communication tools. Responsible for putting a television in every home. Mechanical tv competes, but e television has chance to produce better image. First true public demonstration of tv at ny world fair (april 1939), Sarnoff set up a tent with tv, 200 now in new york. Not compatible with electronic tv systems of the times.
