Five facts you need to know about John Logie Baird. His first TV set was made of scissors, an old tea chest and some sealing wax. Jess Staufenberg. Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:25 GMT.

The original television model, invented by the Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird, (1888 - 1946). Hulton Archive / Getty Images. By Lily Rothman. January 26, 2016 4:00 AM EST.

Google's Tuesday search homepage takeover commemorates the 90th anniversary of a hugely important moment in the history of television: the first mechanical TV demonstration. In addition to the ...

Because it’s John Logie Baird who invented the mechanical television set in the first place, which he unveiled to the world 90 years ago today. Here are eight facts about the man behind the ...

Ninety years ago, in a small laboratory in Soho, Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird, ... Baird developed colour TV and brought out the world's first mass produced television set in 1929.

Phil Edwards was a senior producer for the Vox video team. On March 25, 1925, John Logie Baird set up an unusual contraption in the Selfridges department store in London. It was a gimmick for ...

Ninety years ago, John Logie Baird became the first person to demonstrate a working television, in front of a group of 50 scientists in London. One of his colleagues who witnessed that momentous ...

How John Logie Baird's 20-year-old assistant was thrust into life of fame after TV inventor broadcast his image in 1926 William Taynton sat in front of the camera in order for Baird to monitor the ...

Inventor John Logie Baird and his first publicly demonstrated television system, with which he transmitted moving pictures March 25, 1925 at the London department store Selfridges. (Orrin Dunlap ...

Without John Logie Baird kickstarting the home TV revolution, we would never have borne witness to the JFK assassination in Dallas, Nelson Mandela's release from prison, the World Trade Centre ...

TV pioneer John Logie Baird's historic 1927 video recording has been saved for the nation by the University of Glasgow and an anonymous ... With the bar on exports set to expire on 29 September, ...