Hear One of the Earliest Recordings Ever Made: Edison’s Talking Doll Update
August 12, 2011
The sound is scratchy, as though someone had added an “old-timey” effect to a modern recording, using…
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The Sun Motor: GE’s Solar Power at the 1939 World’s Fair
April 12, 2011
A key goal in solar energy is to make it available and affordable on a large scale.…
Christmas Toys Gone Wrong: Hear Edison’s Talking ‘Monster’ Doll
December 20, 2010
While we may never know what the ‘must have’ Christmas gift was in 1890, we do know…
Edison’s Forgotten ‘Invention’: A Phone That Calls the Dead
October 28, 2010
What better time than Halloween to explore the mystery around Edison’s most ghoulish invention?
In 1920, Americans…
Top 10 Responses to Thomas Edison’s ‘Phone to Call the Dead’
October 28, 2010
When Thomas Edison told American Magazine that he was working on a phone that could “call” dead…
In 1900 Electric Vehicles Reigned and Edison Charged Them!
October 8, 2010
The sudden rush of electric vehicle (or “EV”) developments — from new models being introduced, to breakthroughs…
