ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Philo Farnsworth

Philo Farnsworth was a man who was very smart and had a really cool idea. He wanted to create a machine that could show moving pictures on a screen, like a TV. So he worked really hard and came up with a way to do it using something called electronic scanning.

Philo made a special kind of camera that could scan images and turn them into electronic signals. Then he figured out how to send those signals through wires to a TV screen. And just like that, he created the first TV!

It took a lot of work and a lot of smart thinking, but Philo made something that changed the world forever. Now we can watch TV shows and movies all the time, thanks to him!