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 ...

Thomas Edison (aka the “Wizard of Menlo Park”) was a phenomenal genius, no doubt about it. That’s proven by the fact that Edison has 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, established America’s first ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) –140 years after its invention, the ...

You can’t walk into a trendy restaurant these days without spotting them: vintage-looking LED light bulbs, with clear glass surrounding a glowing filament, styled after the bulbs first invented by ...

(CNN) — 140 years after its invention, the Edison light bulb is having another moment. Now, Edison-style bulbs are the center of a new lawsuit. The University of California Santa Barbara is suing five ...