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On today’s date 152 years ago during the Victorian Era on August 26, 1873, famous American scientist & inventor #LeeDeForest (1873-1961), known as “The Father of Radio” & “The Grandfather of #Television,” was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa. #Triod #Inventor

By courage, obstinacy, and invention, Lee de Forest--the "Father of Radio"--pioneered the electronics age with the "audion" (vacuum tube amplifier).

Here are my top highlights from "Lee de Forest: Advancing the Electronic Age" by D. Wollheim.

#science #invention #leedeforest

El 20 de octubre de 1906 el Dr. Lee DeForest anuncia un tubo de vacío de tres elementos, conocido después como tríodo. Este, permitía producir un efecto amplificador de voltaje para ampliar señales débiles haciendo posible la comunicación a larga distancia
#retrocomputingmx #triode #LeeDeForest

me if a guy ever steals my invention, sues me for patenting it, and eventually wins a patent suit against me, after he COULDN’T EVEN EXPLAIN how the invention worked
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#LeedeForest