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20262026: A century since Baird’s demonstration
An anniversary reveals the long history of image transmission.
2026 marks a century since John Logie Baird demonstrated mechanical television in London on 26 January 1926.
A rotating disc and neon lamp reconstructed pictures from a signal. The familiar screen grew from work combining optics, mechanics and electrical communication.
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