The 14-Year-Old Inventor of Television - Podcast #007

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2008

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

What were you doing when you were 14 years old? At that very young age, Philo Farnsworth invented something that would change the world forever. There is a very good chance that you are using his invention right now, yet he is largely forgotten today. Also learn why most laundry detergents are blue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the
1:11.0	useless information podcast.
1:13.2	You've probably never heard of Fylle Farnsworth, but when he was 14 years old he invented
1:18.2	electronic television.
1:19.9	I mean, what were you doing at the age of 14?
1:22.3	I certainly wasn't doing that.
1:25.1	Anyway it'd still be a number of years before he perfected the idea but his ingenious method was
1:30.5	the basis of all television broadcasts until the introduction of
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