Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric bulb has been a well-known inventor for more than a century now. It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in ...

Chandeliers can be pretty classy if they’re done right, but they can also take up a lot of space and gather a lot of dust. What someone should do is make a tiny chandelier, and encase it in a light ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world. Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera ...

Early Edison light bulbs were a thing of beauty, but they were also terribly inefficient. Modern LED bulbs are much more efficient, but they aren’t always beautiful. Luke Anderson, a product designer ...

As I research my family history, preparing a book about my grandmother Madeleine Edison Sloane, “Edison’s Daughter,” I occasionally come across holiday pictures of Glenmont. This was my ...

I can’t remember the first restaurant in which I really paid attention to the Edison light bulbs. They’re not something you notice, necessarily. They’re part of the atmosphere—you bask in their soft ...

NEW DELHI: There are plenty of different trendy Edison bulb light ideas present which you can use to improve your lighting style. By making small variations in your home or office lighting, you can ...

The earliest known lamps are some 40,000 years old. Cave dwellers in Western Europe made them by hollowing out stones, and burning animal fat through a wick made of moss. Light is an essential part of ...