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Glasgow Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow students recreate John Logie Baird's historic TV
Nearly 100 years after John Logie Baird's ground-breaking work, engineering students at the University of Strathclyde have reconstructed a working version of the Scot's inventors original mechanical television. The students' replica of the 1926 televisor system recreates Baird's technology - which used spinning Nipkow disks to encode and decode images - with a special modern twist. This recreation allows users to send images directly from their mobile phones to be displayed on the device. Read more: Former Glasgow football ground could become nationally important site The project was completed by students Molly Barry, Guy Horne, Angus Mulligan, Lewis Gibney, and Jade Graham. Guy said: "It was a great project to do, especially with the 100th anniversary coming up, and it was one we were able to be very hands-on with." The television, completed as part of the students' final year project, aimed to pay homage to the great Scottish inventor. Born in Argyll in 1888, Baird attended the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, a predecessor of the University of Strathclyde. He became the first person to televise moving pictures using his invention, famously transmitting the face of his ventriloquist's dummy, 'Stooky Bill'. Lewis said: 'Recreating John Logie Baird's invention was an interesting, grounding, and inspiring experience and a real source of pride to be from Scotland's west coast.' Molly said: "The further into the work we got, the more we noticed the plaques and posters on John Logie Baird across the campus and the sense of the history of it sank in." As well as celebrating a Scottish trailblazer, the student's project was also designed to support educational outreach. The system is already being used to inspire school pupils, having featured at the University's Engineering the Future for Girls event, aimed at encouraging young women into STEM fields. Read more: 'Record-breaking' golf fundraiser raises nearly £130k for Glasgow groups Jade said: "It was important to me that the project has a use after our assignment and it's nice that it will be used for outreach work." Professor Graeme West, from the department of electronic and electrical engineering, praised the project. He said: "It is fantastic to see how John Logie Baird's original innovation is being brought to the new generation of engineers and scientists through this interactive recreation of the mechanical televisor. "Outreach demonstrators such as this are a great way of explaining the fundamental principles that underpin the technology we use on a daily basis, inspiring school pupils to take up careers in STEM-related fields."
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Science
- Yahoo
Glasgow students recreate iconic Scottish invention ahead of 100th anniversary
A pioneering piece of Scottish history has been brought back to life. Nearly 100 years after John Logie Baird's ground-breaking work, engineering students at the University of Strathclyde have reconstructed a working version of the Scot's inventors original mechanical television. The students' replica of the 1926 televisor system recreates Baird's technology - which used spinning Nipkow disks to encode and decode images - with a special modern twist. This recreation allows users to send images directly from their mobile phones to be displayed on the device. Read more: Former Glasgow football ground could become nationally important site The project was completed by students Molly Barry, Guy Horne, Angus Mulligan, Lewis Gibney, and Jade Graham. Guy said: "It was a great project to do, especially with the 100th anniversary coming up, and it was one we were able to be very hands-on with." The television, completed as part of the students' final year project, aimed to pay homage to the great Scottish inventor. Born in Argyll in 1888, Baird attended the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, a predecessor of the University of Strathclyde. He became the first person to televise moving pictures using his invention, famously transmitting the face of his ventriloquist's dummy, 'Stooky Bill'. Lewis said: 'Recreating John Logie Baird's invention was an interesting, grounding, and inspiring experience and a real source of pride to be from Scotland's west coast.' Molly said: "The further into the work we got, the more we noticed the plaques and posters on John Logie Baird across the campus and the sense of the history of it sank in." As well as celebrating a Scottish trailblazer, the student's project was also designed to support educational outreach. The system is already being used to inspire school pupils, having featured at the University's Engineering the Future for Girls event, aimed at encouraging young women into STEM fields. Read more: 'Record-breaking' golf fundraiser raises nearly £130k for Glasgow groups Jade said: "It was important to me that the project has a use after our assignment and it's nice that it will be used for outreach work." Professor Graeme West, from the department of electronic and electrical engineering, praised the project. He said: "It is fantastic to see how John Logie Baird's original innovation is being brought to the new generation of engineers and scientists through this interactive recreation of the mechanical televisor. "Outreach demonstrators such as this are a great way of explaining the fundamental principles that underpin the technology we use on a daily basis, inspiring school pupils to take up careers in STEM-related fields."
STV News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- STV News
Scots students reconstruct John Logie Baird's original television
A team of students have reconstructed a working version of famed Scots inventor John Logie Baird's original mechanical television. Born in Argyll in 1888, Baird gained worldwide fame as the first person to televise moving pictures in 1926. The centenary of his invention will be marked on October 2, when Baird first transmitted an image in his laboratory. The first public demonstration happened in 1926 when images of Stooky Bill, the head of a ventriloquist's dummy created by the inventor, were the first successfully transmitted by television. STV News Baird, born in Argyll in 1888, gained worldwide fame as the first person to televise moving pictures in 1926. Baird was a student of Strathclyde's predecessor institution, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, and now, 100 years later, Strathclyde students have reconstructed his groundbreaking invention. Molly Barry, Guy Horne, Angus Milligan, Lewis Gibney, and Jade Graham, from the Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and Computer and Electronic Systems programmes at the University, created the replica project. Speaking on the project, Ms Graham said: 'It was important to me that the project has a use after our assignment and it's nice that it will be used for outreach work.' Guy Horn added: 'It was a great project to do, especially with the 100th anniversary coming up, and it was one we were able to be very hands on with.' The team of final-year students recreated the televisor system over nine months using the same principles underpinning the historic invention, but with a digital twist. STV News The team of final-year students recreated the televisor system with a digital twist. In addition to reconstructing the TV, the team produced an interactive demonstration that allowed users to send images from their mobile phones, which were then converted and displayed on the television. One of the engineers explained to STV News how they managed to bring the invention back to life. The mechanical television recreation was designed to follow key characteristics of Baird's prototypes, including the utilisation of spinning nipkow disks for image encoding and decoding. It was found that many historic components, like fluorescent bulbs, used by Baird, weren't available, and modern counterparts, like LEDs, were instead used. Molly Barry explained that the device comprises a recorder and a television or display that synchronises a signal sent from the recorder to the display. 'It's centred around a disk with a spiral pattern, which, when a light shines through and rotates very quickly, can reform and recreate an image in real time,' she said. 'We also added a digital aspect to allow a user to send an image directly from a phone or any other device to be displayed on the TV.' Molly Barry said: 'The further into the work we got, the more we noticed the plaques and posters on John Logie Baird across the campus and the sense of the history of it sank in.' Professor Graeme West, from the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering who oversees the Mechanical Engineering group projects, said: 'It is fantastic to see how John Logie Baird's original innovation is being brought to the new generation of engineers and scientists through this interactive recreation of the mechanical televisor. 'Outreach demonstrators such as this are a great way of explaining the fundamental principles that underpin the technology we use on a daily basis, inspiring school pupils to take up careers in STEM-related fields.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
