One of the technologies that I found to be the most interesting from our Each One Teach One presentations was the creation of the first television. While I had some knowledge of the history of the medium before, the presentation highlighted a lot about the life and intentions behind the creator of the first television. I learned that the inventor of the first television was Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Farnsworth had thought up an invention in High School that would allow moving images to be captured and coded into radio waves in order to then be transformed back onto a screen.
The purposes that drove the creation was to provide entertainment to people and to bring people together within the home. Today this concept of togetherness has mostly been lost as more people are turning away from television in favor of online video services such as Netflix or Hulu. Now there is a greater focus on creating personalized experiences as opposed to creating one thing everyone watches together. People are able to watch whatever they want from a variety of devices, so the technological need to have a dedicated entertainment system has mostly vanished.
However despite the recent shift away from television, the technology paved the way for further innovations we enjoy today. Television has affected and influenced the development of many different entertainment industries including but not limited to film, gaming, and music. The creation of television also provided a new way for citizens to receive news and stay informed on current events. While we may now choose to use a number of new devices for our entertainment purposes, the invention of the first television will always be one of the greatest stepping stones in media history.
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