There are many experimenters who have had a go at a mechanical television, and though there are a few challenges, it’s a relatively straightforward project in 2026. A hundred years ago though it was ...

Over on hack-a-day I found an interesting article about mechanical TV. How many people know that prior to the invention of the CRT television in the early 1930s, there were mechanical televisions that ...

Replay: Before the cathode ray tube won the first ever video format war there was mechanical TV, and riveting programming such as man turning his head captivated early viewers. Here's how it worked.

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

A mechanical TV — the kind that makes an image with a Nipkow disk and a single lamp with some help from persistence of vision — is easy enough to wrap your head around. Moving that technique into the ...