These 10 technological marvels had cultural implications that its inventors could barely have imagined.

A fter more than fifty years of uninterrupted fertility in invention, during which he has not only begotten but continuously fathered the electrical era, Thomas Alva Edison believes that we have only ...

Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

The carbon filament used in Edison’s 1897 light bulb experiments generated the precise amount of heat needed to produce ...

According to experts, Edison’s most important invention wasn’t patentable, but it could benefit modern-day banks and insurers trying to reinvent their digital capabilities. Thomas Edison is one of ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Thomas Edison might be the most ...

Today, we celebrate our Nation’s most prolific inventor and a man who never stopped pushing the spirit of American innovation: the legendary Thomas ...

On Feb. 24, 1926, 79-year-old Thomas Alva Edison stepped up to the plate at the Philadelphia Athletics' spring training camp in Fort Myers and, after missing his first swing, rapped a major-league ...

According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...