Inside Thomas Edison's Vertically Integrated MegaLab [Inventions]

# inventions Thomas Edison was not an inventor for the love of the game. "I always invented to obtain money to go on inventing," he said. For a tireless mind like that, a lab had to be far more than a lab. More »

Dr. NakaMats: The Man Who Claims to Have Invented Nearly Everything You Love [Inventions]

# inventions It's tough to think about inventors without remembering dear Dr. NakaMats. He claims to have invented over 3,000 items—frequently while almost drowning himself—and basically thinks Thomas Edison's an uneducated wimp who quit at 1,093 inventions. More »

Panel recommends Edison statue in D.C.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Thomas Edison is a step closer to Washington.

Panel recommends Thomas Edison statue go in U.S. Capitol

The committee's recommendation now goes to the Legislature for a final vote later this year. Ohioans earlier this year gave the nod to Edison in a vote at historic sites around the state. He won a close vote over aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. The committee voted 6-0 to go with Edison.

The 10 greatest (accidental) inventions of all time

"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits," Thomas Edison once said. But is hustling all it takes? Is progress always deliberate? Sometimes genius arrives not by choice—but by chance. Below are our ten favorite serendipitous innovations. Thomas Edison - History - Engineering and Technology - Biography - Edison Thomas Alva

Panel recommends Edison statue go in US Capitol

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thomas Edison is a step closer to Washington. A panel of state lawmakers voted Thursday to recommend that the inventor born in northern Ohio be the subject of a new Ohio statue in the U.S. Capitol.