The visit inspired an “aha” moment for Edison. Light bulbs had been invented in 1840, but either used platinum filaments — making them very expensive to produce — or used so much ...

Edison’s light bulb with a bamboo-based carbon filament was introduced in 1880. Bamboo remained Edison’s preferred filament for more than a decade, until it was replaced by carbon-impregnated rayon, a ...

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

On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

Fremont: The world is fuelled by new inventions which change the way we are. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, the Wright brothers invented the airplane, and Graham Bell invented the telephone, ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph ... museum with hundreds of artifacts and inventions from the entrepreneurs.

“That voice is no doll, that’s a danged demon,” someone added. “Coincidentally, Edison invented the light bulb shortly thereafter. And never turned it off again at night,” another quipped.