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EDITORIAL: Light went out on incandescent bulbs with little notice
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 8—Why it matters: The official passing of the incandescent light bulb has gone by with little notice, a testament to the fact we can get rid of wasteful old technologies. It was more than ...
On This Day, Feb. 19: Thomas Edison patents gramophone
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThomas Edison poses in his laboratory in Orange, N.J., on June 16, 1888, amidst his first gramophone...
This Idaho town says it’s ‘the birthplace of TV.’ What we know about the claim
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTelevision was invented in a small East Idaho town. So claim the people of Rigby, who proudly hail...
Thomas Edison tried to take credit for a device created by a Black American inventor
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGranville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage...
Today is: National Christmas Lights Day
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChristmas lights — lights that are hung up on Christmas trees inside, and outside on buildings, trees, and other things — are celebrated today. They were...
11 Inventions That Changed the World as We Know It
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 months agoInventing 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...
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...
The Fad Toy Everyone Was Obsessed With the Year You Were Born
Country Living via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Most Popular Toy the Year You Were Born20th Century Studios You remember it all too well: You...
At 150 years, the Kentucky Derby is older than ... almost everything. Its place in history.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoOne hundred fifty. It’s a small number if we’re counting raindrops. It’s a big number if we’re...
Why Are There so Many Lasers in James Bond Movies?
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHalf the appeal of James Bond movies are the action sequences—dramatic gunfights, daring car chases, the final showdowns that dismantle the villain’s...
