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He said he got the idea of electronic scanning TV from plowing fields as a kid. That always made me smile.
Old style non-digital TV drove an electron beam back and forth across a phosphor screen , drawing the picture line by line but very quickly. The beam was steered by magnetic coils around the tube.
I assume this is where Professor Farnsworth of Futurama got his name.
He said he got the idea of electronic scanning TV from plowing fields as a kid. That always made me smile.
Old style non-digital TV drove an electron beam back and forth across a phosphor screen , drawing the picture line by line but very quickly. The beam was steered by magnetic coils around the tube.
I assume this is where Professor Farnsworth of Futurama got his name.