On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

The electric light bulb inspired the development of the radio valve and the television tube.Can we imagine what the world would have been like in the 20th and 21st centuries without the light bulb?

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931.

The history of how these mass-produced novelty lights became a holiday fixture is a distinctly American Christmas tale.

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely replaced by LEDs and other lighting technology. However, you still see ...