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Photomultipliers, Mechanical Television and Elvis Make Art

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Daniel C. McCarthy, Senior Editor/Special Projects

John Logie Baird's first attempts at producing a mechanical television during the 1920s relied on an objective lens to amplify the projected image. Predictably, the most his machine could produce were shadows. Seeking some means to augment the projection, he applied early amplification technology from EMI Electronics. Nearly 80 years later, artist Peter Keene decided to reinvent mechanical television for an exhibit at the Electropolis Museum of Electrical Energy in Mulhouse, France. Seeking to advance on Baird's intent without departing from his medium, Keene selected photomultiplier...Read full article

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