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Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. [2] [3] He made the critical contributions to electronic television that made possible all the video in the world today. [4]
The Philo T. Farnsworth Award (also called the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award) [2] is a non-competitive award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) as part of the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards to "an agency, company or institution whose contributions over time have significantly impacted television technology and engineering". [1]
September 7 – On September 7, 1927, Philo Farnsworth's image dissector camera tube transmitted its first image, a simple straight line, at his laboratory at 202 Green Street in San Francisco. [6] [7] Specific date unknown – In 1927, the American physicist Frank Gray proposed an early form of the flying-spot scanner for use in early TV ...
Zworykin had visited the laboratory of the inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, who had developed an Image Dissector, part of a system that could enable a working television. Zworykin was sufficiently impressed with Farnsworth's invention that he had his team at Westinghouse make several copies of the device for experimentation. [11]
Philo Farnsworth (1906–1971), U.S. ... known for several contributions and over seventy patents related to telecommunications switching systems;
Philo T. Farnsworth is a bronze sculpture depicting the American inventor and television pioneer of the same name by James Avati, installed at the United States Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Utah in 1990.
This is widely regarded as the first electronic television demonstration. Many inventors had built electromechanical television systems before Farnsworth's seminal contribution, but Farnsworth designed and built the world's first working all-electronic television system, employing electronic scanning in both the pickup and display devices. [7] [8]
Nominees must hold a U.S. patent of significant contribution to the U.S. welfare, and which advances science and useful arts. [2] The 2020 class included 22 inventors.John Fitch was the earliest born inventor inducted into the NIHF (1743), while Luis von Ahn is currently the most recently born (1978).