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‘Succession’ meets ‘Downton Abbey': First book on Thomas Edison's wife hits shelves May 1
Courier News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHistory books know Thomas Edison as the American father of research and development, inventing...
Edison Fest parade: Everything you need to know about Saturday's huge event
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThis story has been updated to correct the Cracker Dinner program. The Edison Festival of Light...
While everyone was yelling about gas stoves, the incandescent light bulb went away
Politico via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt’s lights out for the incandescent bulbs that people have known, changed and singed their hands on for 140 years. The modern descendant of Thomas Edison’s most famous legacy is set to formally ...
Inspiring Black light bulb inventor finally gets headstone and recognition in Fall River
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFALL RIVER — It’s been long overdue — 95 years in fact — but Saturday saw the unveiling of a...
Hitting the Books: Why nobody knows Hiram Maxim, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb
Engadget· 1 year agoIn "The Things We Make, Dr. Bill Hammack, recounts the tale of Hiram Maxim, an irrepressible...
This Idaho town says it’s ‘the birthplace of TV.’ What we know about the claim
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTelevision was invented in a small East Idaho town. So claim the people of Rigby, who proudly hail...
Butter me impressed: Canton janitor James Spangler sculpted in butter at Ohio State Fair
The Repository via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCanton janitor James Murray Spangler is already enshrined in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for...
Movie characters from Scooby-Doo to Freddy roamed around these fictional Ohio towns
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOhio is home to a fair number towns that were once hometowns for some pretty notable names. That...
How CFL Bulbs Work
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAs 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.
Getting a Taste of AI’s Medicine
InvestorPlace via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoWhen 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 ...
