On December 31, 1879, Thomas Edison transformed a public demonstration into a turning point in modern history. By lighting ...

In the late 19th century, a new technology began to illuminate the world and transform everyday life – and the innovations have continued to this day. We take a look at the electrifying history of pow ...

Researchers are going back to Thomas Edison's old nickel-iron battery design more than 100 years later to make a new, ...

Edison’s original design took an extremely long time to charge, which ultimately limited its use. But the modern version, ...

In a 1911 interview with The Miami Metropolis, Thomas Edison, who was almost certainly the then-greatest living inventor, was asked to predict what he thought the world would look like 100 years in ...

A collection of recently digitized home videos published by the Thomas Edison National Historical Park and Library of Congress includes the last known footage of Thomas Edison. The inventor and ...

Thomas Edison’s original patents surrounding the light bulb and an archive of 37 original British Patent Letters related to the incandescent lamp have been sold at auction for US$75,000. Though Thomas ...

EDISON – The 100,000 residents of this Middlesex County town might be distressed to hear that its namesake – an all-around knave and idiot – stole credit for inventions, smeared his competitors and ...