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     Edison Fest parade: 50 illuminating facts about the Fort Myers tradition

     The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

     It all started in 1938. Since then, the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade has grown into an...

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     Inspiring Black light bulb inventor finally gets headstone and recognition in Fall River

     The Herald News via Yahoo News· 8 months ago

     FALL RIVER — It’s been long overdue — 95 years in fact — but Saturday saw the unveiling of a...

3. • It's about to get bright with the International Day of Light

     Gannett via AOL· 4 weeks ago

     This week’s topic features International Day of Light, which falls on May 16th. While researching this day, I learned a bevvy of fun facts that I thought might entertain my readers as well, ...

4. • How CFL Bulbs Work

     HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months ago

     As the symbol of innovation, the incandescent light bulb is not very innovative. Luckily, there's a new type of light bulb -- a greener one -- that stands poised to replace Edison's most famous invention as the icon of ideation.

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     These are the best — and worst — lightbulbs for the planet

     Yahoo Life· 2 years ago

     “Going from an incandescent to an LED is like replacing a car that gets 25 miles per gallon with...

6. • Getting a Taste of AI’s Medicine

     InvestorPlace via Yahoo Finance· 5 months ago

     When Thomas Edison switched on his famous light bulb in 1879, his audience probably never imagined that someone would also harness electricity to power mundane household items like a toothbrush ...

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     11 Inventions That Changed the World as We Know It

     HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months ago

     Inventing a useful product or process is serious business — turn a great idea into a marketable widget, and you could earn millions of dollars. But that...

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     Quiz Your Kids with These Fun Trivia Questions

     Country Living via AOL· 8 months ago

     50 Kids Trivia Questions to Quiz Your Little OnesPeopleImages Isn’t it fascinating how kids’ minds work? They’re always dreaming (or scheming) up their...

9. • Prolific Austin engineer, inventor John Melanson reaches 500-patent milestone

     Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

     John Melanson, a senior technical fellow at Austin-based Cirrus Logic, has had a passion for tinkering and solving complex problems for as long as he can remember. "I've always loved technology ...

10. • 5 ways to profit from failure

      Gannett via AOL· 3 months ago

      The next time you fail financially—losing a sale or a job, making a bad investment—I hope you’ll think of Tom. Tom’s head was crammed with ideas he was certain would change the world. Yet more ...