The Inventors are Coming to Show off Their Light Bulb Ideas and Wish Thomas Edison Happy Birthday at the Free ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 100 Inventors will turn the Palm Beach County Convention Center into a gigantic showcase of ingenuity Saturday, Feb. 11 as they demonstrate how ...

Inventors to Celebrate Thomas Edison's Birthday at Free Invention Expo, Feb. 11, at Palm Beach County Convention ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas Edison's great grand niece will take a deep breath at the FREE Invention EXPO opening for one day on Thomas Edison's Birthday  Feb. 11  at the ...

Invent your future

Celebrate Thomas Edison’s birthday and share and learn at an event geared toward inventors, inventions and every thing in between.

Edison tops Jobs as world's greatest innovator

Creator of light bulb and phonograph, among many other inventions, ranked No. 1 in Lemelson-MIT survey

Young Americans Pick Edison as 'Greatest Innovator' Over Steve Jobs

Even the Apple generation doesn't favor Steve Jobs over the most iconic inventor in U.S. history. Young Americans overwhelmingly chose Thomas Edison as the "greatest innovator of all time" in a new MIT survey.

After a Century of Silence, Otto von Bismarck Speaks Again

On Oct. 21, 1889, Theo Wangemann, an associate of Thomas Edison, visited the estate of legendary German Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke. His purpose was to show the famous aristocrat one of Edison's latest inventions -- the phonograph. After listening to some recordings, an impressed Moltke leaned into the "recording horn" and declared: