Learn about the inventor of television, the ingenious and innovative Philo Farnsworth. From the Emmy-nominated series Science, produced by Vancouver Public Schools. | theTV.website/

Philo Farnsworth was a key figure in the invention of television, holding multiple patents in the 1930s that were crucial to the development of the art of video. However, when RCA introduced commercial television at the 1939 New York World's Fair, a revisionist history emerged, crediting RCA with bringing television to the world. 📺 Discover the real story behind the invention of television and the rivalry between Farnsworth and David Sarnoff, the president of RCA. | Cosmic Summit

Paul recounts how a teenage Philo Farnsworth, while plowing rows on an Idaho farm in 1921, envisioned scanning images line by line with electrons in a cathode ray tube. That flash of inspiration is remembered as the true birth of television. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=C_0Hxn0cxl9dj_i1 | Matt Beall Podcast

7.4K views · 50 reactions | Paul recalls the legendary tale of Philo Farnsworth’s attempt to “bottle a star.” In this story, fusion wasn’t just theory—it was a father building the impossible in a lab, briefly holding the power of the sun before hiding it away forever. A mix of science, myth, and wonder that lingers in the imagination. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=IKMUzV6BYsOlZSf6 | Matt Beall Podcast | Facebook

Paul recounts how Philo Farnsworth, armed only with a hand-cranked calculator, developed a fusion concept using electrostatic confinement. By 1959, he was building “fusors”—basketball-sized devices capable of producing sustained, controllable fusion reactions. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=B2Aem1fXYLXNT6ZB | Matt Beall Podcast