Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

The technology and culture of the Western world changed in the moment 14-year-old Philo Farnsworth began plowing his family’s Idaho potato farm. It was then, in 1920, that the teenager observed the ...

Was television invented by a native Daytonian? Charles Francis Jenkins Digital Content Producer / Photographer Was television invented by a native Daytonian? Charles Francis Jenkins The question of ...

Philo T. Farnsworth (middle), the first inventor to demonstrate an electric television, discusses the difficulties of securing patents with his company secretary, George Everson (right), and Richard C ...