Neuronal signaling. To support the general function of the nervous system, neurons have evolved unique capabilities for intracellular signaling (communication within the cell) and intercellular signaling (communication between cells).
Because of this, gyroscopes are useful for measuring or maintaining orientation. Invention History. The gyroscope was invented in 1852 by the French experimental physicist Leon Foucault (1819-1868) as part of a two-pronged investigation of the rotation of the earth.
At the time, the kinescope tube was sorely needed for television and Zworykin was one of the first to demonstrate a television system with all the features of modern picture tubes. Philo T. Farnsworth - Electronic. In 1927, American inventor Philo Farnsworth became the first inventor to transmit a television image comprised of 60 horizontal lines. The image transmitted was a dollar sign. Farnsworth also developed the dissector tube, the basis of all current electronic televisions. He filed for his first television patent (patent #1,773,980) in 1927. Louis Parker - Television Receiver. Louis Parker invented the modern changeable television receiver. The patent was issued to Louis Parker in 1948.