Título: John Logie Baird
Seção: Other inventions
Background: John Logie Baird FRSE (; 13 August 1888 - 14 June 1946) was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube. In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history.

Conteúdo: Some of Baird's early inventions were not fully successful. In his twenties he tried to create diamonds by heating graphite and shorted out Glasgow's electricity supply. Later Baird invented a glass razor, which was rust-resistant, but shattered. Inspired by pneumatic tyres he attempted to make pneumatic shoes, but his prototype contained semi-inflated balloons, which burst. He also invented a thermal undersock (the Baird undersock), which was moderately successful. Baird suffered from cold feet, and after a number of trials, he found that an extra layer of cotton inside the sock provided warmth.  Baird's numerous other developments demonstrated his particular talent at invention. He was a visionary and began to dabble with electricity. In 1928, he developed an early video recording device, which he dubbed Phonovision. The system consisted of a large Nipkow disk attached by a mechanical linkage to a conventional 78-rpm record-cutting lathe. The result was a disc that could record and play back a 30-line video signal. Technical difficulties with the system prevented its further development, but some of the original phonodiscs have been preserved, and have since been restored by Donald McLean, a Scottish electrical engineer.  Baird's other developments were in fibre-optics, radio direction finding, infrared night viewing and radar. There is discussion about his exact contribution to the development of radar, for his wartime defence projects have never been officially acknowledg

user: What else did he invent

assistant: In his twenties he tried to create diamonds by heating graphite and shorted out Glasgow's electricity supply.

user: Did he manage to create the diamonds?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did he have any other inventions that were a success

assistant: He also invented a thermal undersock (the Baird undersock), which was moderately successful.

user: what did that do?

assistant: Baird suffered from cold feet, and after a number of trials, he found that an extra layer of cotton inside the sock provided warmth.

user: oh ok was there anything else that he came up with

assistant: In 1928, he developed an early video recording device, which he dubbed Phonovision.

user: Were there any problems with it?

assistant: Technical difficulties with the system prevented its further development, but some of the original phonodiscs have been preserved, and have since been restored by Donald McLean,

user: What was on these phonodiscs

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: what is he most known for

assistant: Baird's other developments were in fibre-optics, radio direction finding, infrared night viewing and radar.