TELEVISION developed FROM A TIN CAN

A tin can as well as string telephone just doesn’t thrill the youngsters anymore. Luckily, now you can  turn that tin can telephone into a television, as [aussie_bloke] over on the Narrow-Bandwidth television forum showed us.

[aussie_bloke]’s tin can TV is a mechanical television, a TV where the scanning lines of a CRT is replaced with a spinning disk with extremely little holes.(if you have a much better analogy in this day of LCDs, tell us). instead of the normal Nipkow disk, [aussie_bloke] utilized a little tin can.

The picture displayed on this TV isn’t extremely large; there are only 30 scan lines as well as the pattern of the holes results in a screen 10.5mm in width by 7.85mm high. Basically, this screen is microscopic however it’s still extremely impressive.

Sure, you may not be able to sit your youngsters down in front of this can-powered TV as well as let them enjoy Yo Gabba Gabba for hours on end, however it’s a lot more than sufficient to thrill those technically minded kids.

You can inspect out a video of [aussie_bloke]’s can TV after the break. thanks [gary] for sending this in.