The Story of Television
December 11, 2024 • EPISODE 243
Dive into the captivating history of television on this episode of Science LIVE with Roger Billings. Explore the incredible journey from the invention of the first TV to the groundbreaking innovations that have shaped modern broadcasting. Learn about the key figures, like Philo Farnsworth, whose ideas revolutionized how we connect and share stories around the globe. Discover how science and creativity combined to bring moving pictures to life, transforming entertainment and communication forever.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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The history of television and the stories of old TV stars has always been so interesting to me
Interesting seeing how television progresses throughout time. Also I would like a Funko Pop figure of Todd
Edmond.
I like the story of the birds and magic.
Colors are so fascinating because I am colorblind, which gets me thinking how everyone looks at the same color differently.
Television has changed so much since the early days.
I don’t think I could live without television.
television has really evolved
It’s amazing how the television industry came so far, with so many advancements and amazing shows airing throughout the years, shows the advancement in our history.
television has progressed so much!!
TV progression is so cool!
tv’s have really progressed over the years
tv has grown a lot
Funko Pop???
Anytime we watch an older movie that is square my parents are like “did you know the tv’s used to be square”. Yes you have only told me 17 times.
is that a Funko pop?
How long did Dr. Billings have his parrot?
i thought it was really interesting to find out that the creator of television was only 14 years old when he invented it
I never knew how much TV has evolved!
its crazy how much tv has evolved
Television has evolved so much. LIKE A LOT
Its weird how much TV has evolved over time and grown
Its so neat to see how television started
tv is amazing!
It’s so awesome how television has evolved over time!
Wow i love how much we evolved overtime
It’s crazy to see how much this world has changed/evolved!!
I just want to let you know how much tv has grown i mean we went from no cable to cable to full on steaming whatever you want its insane.
I can not imagine the world without television. I am only 18 but I remember using dial up internet and because we live rural we were only able to get internet fast enough to stream 7 years ago.
i learn so much from each episode but televisions have come a long way.
Cool!
So cool to learn about the first tv, one of my favorite things to do is watch new tv show/movies!
Who knew that Television was so old.
Wow so interesting 🤔
My dad works for a local news station here in Chicago, so this episode was cool learning about how television got its start leading to now was super interesting.
When I think about TV it makes me think about the first full animated color movie, made by Walt Disney himself!! Snow White is one of my favorites. TV has come so far!
It was neat to learn about the first tv. I had never thought about how MUCH tv has changed over time.
Television has a cool story
cool science live!
It was interesting about how TV was made
Our family enjoys watching TV and movies together and it is crazy to think that my grandparents only had a radio for that kind of entertainment.
In today’s episode I learned about how the first TV was made. it is amazing how just a little stream of light Etc can make something so revolutionary that billions of people use it everyday . just imagine how much we’ve gone with television like just think of some of your favorite shows SpongeBob Teen Titans Go all that was made possible with television. television also helped us with other stuff like Medical like look at a hospital most of their machines have screens and just imagine what that would look like without television television made a Gateway for many advances in medical Entertainment and it makes jobs easier like would you rather write a 10 paragraph essay or type a 10 paragraph essay.
Do you think televisions will ever become obsolete?
We use Acellus for school. I am getting good grades and love being homeschooled. Math is my favorite subject.
I would like an R5 1ST pop figure! it is cute.
I love pajet’s questions
Acellus should make a tv channel. I would definitely watch it
Acellus should have it’s own TV channel or YouTube channel.
Television is such a great invention. We love how much it is a great part of our lives.
Wow I never new all that !
It’s funny to think of television like the flip books I used to make in school
Wow a flickering box has now become a part of our life. We cant live without technologies . Acellus Thankyou for bringing me up close with science.
I love watching tv
I just love how Television evolved from black and white to tons of color.
I never knew some of those facts.
I loved learning about the tv.
Watching from New York
I love 📺
It’s fascinating to think TV started as a flickering box
Training birds sound fun I remember when I was younger we had this bird that fell out of its nest in our yard we kept on checking the nest to see if the mom was there but she was not so we took care of the bird feeding it playing with it we would come home from school the bird would be out in the yard then dad would whistle and the bird would come to him but one day the bird was high up on a tree so dad whistled to the bird it whistled back dad kept on whistling it would whistle back again but that is when we knew that the bird was ready to be free and we did our job.
wow didn’t know tv took so much time and effort
This was an interesting science live!
I’m glad for tv
That is so cool that you were able to train birds like that!
Didn’t think making movies was that complex.
I love the tv, learning about this was fun!
I never knew some of those facts
i like this
I love learning about old technology!