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 ...

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, ...

Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...

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 ...

WITH energy prices on the rise, homeowners are looking for ways to control their bills. And one of the first swaps they are making is simple: they are updating their light bulbs. It took almost 80 ...

The US-born inventor, from Milan, Ohio, is credited as one of history's leading businessmen and innovators. Aside from the incandescent light bulb, he created the first device that could record sound ...