Southern California Edison and its predecessor companies have been powering the lives of Angelenos going back to late 1880s, ...

Say what you will but to my way of thinking Sir Thomas Crapper’s invention of the flushing toilet is head over heels better than what Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla came up with. When I was growing up ...

It’s high time that Nicholas Holonyak Jr. is given his due. You’re probably saying, “Who?” To which I say, case in point.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a picture on X referencing the famous inventor that he owes the name of his company to, Nikola ...

On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made ...

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely ...

The 1920s, often called the “Roaring Twenties,” were a time of major change and excitement. After World War I, people were ...

The Wright brothers’ 1903 invention enabled faster travel, shrinking distances and making the world more connected. Discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, penicillin became the first antibiotic, ...

National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA): A few facts about the origin of electric Christmas lights - Information ...

Albert Wong Hak-keung, CEO of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, told candidates: “Try to act like inventor Thomas Edison or innovator Steve Jobs!” Wong emphasised that ...

Few people know that a Black inventor named Lewis Latimer worked with Thomas Edison and played a role in improving the light bulb. Latimer co-created “a method of manufacturing carbon filaments for ...

Suffice it to say, Johnson’s lights were a hit, and the Edison General Electric Company was the first to mass-produce Christmas tree lights in 1901. They were offered in sets of nine carbon filament ...