A Vision to Behold: The Story of Electronic Displays

In this new multi-part series, Darren Yates re-traces the history of electronic vision and the many incredible technological advances that have shaped the world we see over the last 100 years.

No electronic device has changed our view of the world we live in quite like the electronic screen. Whether it’s a cathode-ray tube television from 1956 or a smartphone purchased ten minutes ago, our lives have been dominated by the desire to see beyond what is in front of us. For nearly a century, the world of electrical engineering has delivered an increasingly vast array of devices to help us see, whether beyond the horizon or beyond our imaginations. Over the coming months, we’ll re-trace a history of electronic vision, looking at the technologies, the people and how they shaped events in Australia, the world and beyond. This month, we begin back in the 1920s, with a Scottish inventor and an Idaho farm-boy each separately dreaming of moving pictures by…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2023

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