Eidophor: 1950's Steampunk Video Projection Technology

Mike Harrison has been investigating a forgotten technology: the Eidophor. Before LCD projectors, an incredible engineering effort was put into developing a live video projector. What resulted is a machine that used a electron gun to manipulate a thin film of oil spread across a mirror. It was expensive, it was complex, and it was the best that could be done at the time.

The talk was presented at the 2016 Hackaday | Belgrade conference.

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