biography
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| (1888–1946)
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| biography:
| Electrical engineer and television pioneer, born in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, W Scotland, UK. He studied electrical engineering at Glasgow University, later settling in Hastings (1922), where he began research into the possibilities of television. In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of a television image. His 30-line mechanically scanned system was adopted by the BBC in 1929, being superseded in 1936 by his 240-line system. In the following year the BBC chose a rival 405-line system with electronic scanning made by Marconi-EMI. Other lines of research initiated by Baird in the 1920s included radar and infra-red television (Noctovision); he also succeeded in producing three-dimensional and coloured images (1944), as well as projection onto a screen and stereophonic sound. |
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