Saturday, 27 January 2018

IMAGE WAS SENT TO A SMALL SCREEN

FLICKERING THREAT TO SMALL SCREEN

  In 1926 Members of the Royal Institution in London today peered at crude and flickering images of a ventriloquist's doll as electrical engineer and inventor John Logic Bird's unveiled his new ''television''  machine. Baird's home-made equipment successfully transmitted a radio signal from a camera that is partly mechanical and partly electrical. The resulting image was sent electrically to a small screen. Two years ago Baird was able to transmit the outline of shapes, and he has progressed from there. The Scottish inventor's far-fetched idea is that his device could one day provide every home with a substitute for the cinema.

“Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s Star-Studded Pre-Wedding Guest List: A Global Affair”

The pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant have drawn a star-studded guest list from around the world. Let’s delve int...