{"id":2141,"date":"2022-05-26T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:57:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:57:49","slug":"3dprinting-a-nipkow-disk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/3dprinting-a-nipkow-disk\/","title":{"rendered":"3DPrinting a Nipkow disk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*My goodness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-lmisp_faaws69edfd7e34c66968602629\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/span><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LmISP_fAAws?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-youtube-lmisp_faaws69edfd7e34c66968602629\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LmISP_fAAws?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LmISP_fAAws?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/mechanical-tv\">https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/mechanical-tv<\/a><\/p>\n<div>Before flat screens, before even cathode-ray tubes, people watched television programs at home thanks to the Nipkow disk. Ninety years ago in places like England and Germany, broadcasters transmitted to commercially produced black-and-white electromechanical television sets, such as the Baird Televisor, that used these disks to produce moving images. This early programming established many of the formats we take for granted today, such as variety shows and outside broadcasts.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The size and weight of a Nipkow disk makes a display with more than a few dozen scan lines impracticable (in stark contrast to modern screens with<\/div>\n<div>thousands of lines). But when a mechanical TV is fed a moving image, the result is surprisingly watchable. And Nipkow displays are fascinating in their simplicity\u2014no high voltages or complex matrices. So I wondered: What was the easiest way to build such a display that would produce a good quality image?&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2142\" src=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/one-unexpected-benefit-of-printing-a-disk-was-that-i-could-make-the-holes-square-resulting-in-a-much-sharper-image-1024x582.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/one-unexpected-benefit-of-printing-a-disk-was-that-i-could-make-the-holes-square-resulting-in-a-much-sharper-image-1024x582.webp 1024w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/one-unexpected-benefit-of-printing-a-disk-was-that-i-could-make-the-holes-square-resulting-in-a-much-sharper-image-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/one-unexpected-benefit-of-printing-a-disk-was-that-i-could-make-the-holes-square-resulting-in-a-much-sharper-image-768x437.webp 768w, https:\/\/toshareproject.it\/artmakerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/one-unexpected-benefit-of-printing-a-disk-was-that-i-could-make-the-holes-square-resulting-in-a-much-sharper-image.webp 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*My goodness. https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/mechanical-tv Before flat screens, before even cathode-ray tubes, people watched television programs at home thanks to the Nipkow disk. Ninety years ago in places like England and Germany, broadcasters transmitted to commercially produced black-and-white electromechanical television sets, such as the Baird Televisor, that used these disks to produce moving images. 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