Featured Invention:
Electric Lamp
"Sitting one night in his laboratory reflecting on some of the unfinished details, Edison began abstractedly rolling between his fingers a piece of compressed lampblack until it had become a slender thread..."
Learn more about Edison's most famous invention
Edison Awards
The Edison Papers are proud to announce this years recipient of the Edison Achievement Award
Mr. David Kelley
Founder and Chairman of IDEO
Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann
President of Product Development at Genentech
The winners of the 2009 Edison Best New Product.
Watch Us
Did Thomas Edison invent a machine to reveal the mysteries of the dead?
History Detectives traveled to Menlo Park this past fall to try and shed light on this mystifying question. Dr. Paul Israel, Director of the Edison Papers and Gerald Fabris, Curator of Sound Recording of the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, were interviewed for this show.
The History Detectives episode on the "Psychophone" will air June 22, 2009, 9:00 PM
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