1.1K views · 25 reactions | Learn about the inventor of television, the ingenious and innovative Philo Farnsworth. From the Emmy-nominated series Science, produced by Vancouver Public Schools. | theTV.website/ | Facebook

At fourteen, Philo T. Farnsworth was plowing a field when inspiration struck: the idea that later became electronic television. By twenty-two, he built the first working model and defeated RCA in court. What does his journey say to you about where genius can come from? | Beast Mode 365

8.2K views · 463 reactions | On August 19, 1906, Philo T. Farnsworth, later a scientist and inventor who is credited as being the “father of television” and Latter-day Saint, was born near Beaver, Utah. He famously once stated, “I know that I have never invented anything. I have been a medium by which these things were given to the culture as fast as culture could earn them. I give the credit to God.” | LDS Daily | Facebook

3.5K views · 18 reactions | Paul explains how Philo Farnsworth’s lab pioneered electronic television in the late 1920s, long before the industry caught on. The very first broadcast wasn’t a picture or a person, but a simple straight line on glass—proof that intelligence could be transmitted from one tube to another. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=LkQ9X8qC2g3GW5xD | Matt Beall Limitless | Facebook

5.8K views · 30 reactions | Paul explains how Philo Farnsworth tackled the riddle of nuclear fusion: how to contain a miniature star without destroying the vessel or snuffing out the reaction. While modern science spent billions on massive machines, Farnsworth believed the glow inside his experimental tubes held the key. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=Cb80Dn13RDEyXFw- | Matt Beall Limitless | Facebook

Paul recalls the legendary tale of Philo Farnsworth’s attempt to “bottle a star.” In this story, fusion wasn’t just theory—it was a father building the impossible in a lab, briefly holding the power of the sun before hiding it away forever. A mix of science, myth, and wonder that lingers in the imagination. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=IKMUzV6BYsOlZSf6 | Matt Beall Limitless

Paul recounts how Philo Farnsworth, armed only with a hand-cranked calculator, developed a fusion concept using electrostatic confinement. By 1959, he was building “fusors”—basketball-sized devices capable of producing sustained, controllable fusion reactions. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=B2Aem1fXYLXNT6ZB | Matt Beall Limitless