In 1878, Thomas Edison — already an internationally famous inventor in his early 30s, set out to create an incandescent light bulb that provided enough light to illuminate a home but would last ...

As Edison predicted, the invention of the much safer, easy-to-switch-on lightbulb transformed the “undeveloped” human. It ...

Forgotten to history, Thomas Edison once sought to build a "spirit phone" to allow the living to communicate with the dead.

Phillips electronics has been around as long as electricity has been used, but since then, the company has expanded greatly ...

She came out to play — and petrify. A 134-year-old talking doll invented by Thomas Edison managed to spook social media users ...

Now he was back. He'd come to witness the unveiling of a detailed, full-scale replica of The Black Maria, the world's first ...

The lighting of individual homes and businesses via the incandescent light bulb was a new and awe-inspiring phenomena during ...

6. The Light Bulb The light bulb, which Thomas Edison is credited with creating in 1879, has illuminated homes and workplaces worldwide. Its invention allowed for previously unheard-of ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph, and Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile – were good friends who built their ...

The first patent issued for an invention by an American inventor was in 1790 for an improvement to potash production, and it ...

Thomas A. Edison, noted inventor, is the chief actor in a special Community Fund moving picture which is being shown at all Pittsfield theaters.