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The History of Television
The History of Television
1884: The history of television originates in 1884 Paul Nipkow designs the
record that bears his name. The German Paul Gottilieb Nipkow patented
the mechanical disc, the disc presented some problems
1900: In 1900 the word television was born this term was used for the first
time by the Russian scientist Constantin Perskyi in a document read at the
first International Congress of Electricity, held in Paris during the Universal
Exhibition.
It comes from the Greek word Tele which means distance and the Latin
visio which means vision.
1926: Scotsman John Logie Baird managed to perfect the Nipkow disk
based on selenium cells and invented a mechanical television system
incorporating infrared rays to perceive images in the dark. Baird
managed to synchronize two Nipkow discs, attached to the same axis.
Using one as a transmitter and one as a receiver. It conveys the image of
a mannequin's head at 14 frames per second.
THE HISTORY OF TELEPHONE
1863: A few years later, the German Johann Philipp Reis, even used the
term telephon to refer to a vibrating membrane that opened and closed
through an electrical circuit and reproduced musical sounds. But Reis
never took that seriously and never went beyond considering it a simple
toy.
1879 As demand for telephone sets increased, the Bell Company gave 5
licenses to different companies to produce the devices.
During the '70s and '80s. Over time the power plants were transformed
into digital-computerized and were able to offer a varied catalog of
aggregate services, such as: Notice that the user to whom we dial (and
we find busy) already vacated his line. Automatic dialing to the last
number we dial*conference calls from several users at the same time
Smartphones 2010