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NEWS ABOUT: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison stories: 6 news summaries

 Top American Inventions 


Aug 4, 09 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has called on Americans to innovate their way to a speedy economic recovery. In that spirit, Live Science rounds up the top 10 US innovations:
  1. Flight. The Wright Brothers’ 12-second flight in 1903 ushered the world into the age of aviation.
  2. Atomic bomb. The Manhattan project
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Internet • light bulb • innovation • aviation • Apollo missions • laser • Thomas Edison • Henry Ford

 Strange Movie Facts, Take 1  

Discover lists 20 little-known cinematic tidbits

Jun 3, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Did you know film’s been around since 1887? Or that an IMAX projector is so bright, if aimed upward it could be seen from space? Discover lists 20 little-known movie facts:
  • Thomas Edison’s firm made the first motion-picture camera in 1891—but didn’t invent a projector.
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Steven Spielberg • film • Jaws • Thomas Edison • IMAX

 Brits Hunt for Oldest Bulb 


Jan 31, 09 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry has offered a $700 prize for the lucky Briton who turns up with the oldest working light bulb in the nation, the Telegraph reports. The society hopes the search will produce a bulb even older than the current world record holder—a... More »

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England • electricity • Britain • light bulbs • Thomas Edison • Royal Society • Joseph Swan

 EU May Turn Off 
 Edison's Bulbs 

Switch to low-energy bulbs could save $12b a year

Dec 9, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The European Union may ban incandescent light bulbs, replacing them with low-energy lighting that would slash 13.2 million tons of carbon emissions and create energy savings equal to taking 11 million European households off the grid, reports the BBC. A new report urges the European parliament to follow the... More »

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greenhouse gases • European Union • CO2 • fluorescent light bulbs • Thomas Edison • low-energy light bulbs • energy conservation

Earliest Recording of Sound Finally Played Back

1860 snippet, made before playback even imagined, 17 years ahead of Edison patent

Mar 27, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thomas Edison and associates might've been first to hear recorded sound, but scientists have revealed they weren’t the first to create it, the New York Times reports. A 10-second recording of “Au Clair de la Lune” made in 1860—17 years before Edison patented the phonograph—has finally... More »

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sound • invention • Thomas Edison • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • phonogram • Au Clair de la Lune • phonautograph • phonograph

HS Kids Take Color-Blind
View of History

Women, blacks dominate students' list of famous Americans

Feb 4, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Martin Luther King Jr. is the most famous American in history, according to 2,000 high school students asked to name the top 10, reports USA Today. In a dramatic break from the "dead white male" paradigm, African Americans, women, and Arfican-American women dominated the list, with Rosa... More »

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list • Oprah Winfrey • Marilyn Monroe • Albert Einstein • Martin Luther King Jr. • Benjamin Franklin • famous Americans • Rosa Parks • Harriet Tubman • Susan B Anthony • Amelia Earhart • Thomas Edison

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