Early carbon light bulbs may have produced graphene, since applying voltage to carbon filaments mirrors what is now called ...

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According to a recent publication ...

Annotated designs drawn by inventor Thomas Edison to improve his first ever electric lightbulb have emerged for sale for £90,000. The scientist, who is often credited with perfecting the carbon ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This early Edison lamp contains a ...

These Edison Lamps aren’t using any modern LED technology, but they sure capture the look of the era from which the lightbulb came quite nicely—something refreshingly simple Starting at $205, the ...

Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous American inventor, owing to his dual roles as a world famous inventor and also a Founding Father and Statesman, but the most prolific and influential American ...

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 ...

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 ...

No base. Single-arch bamboo filament with three-piece leads, copper-plated connectors. Platinum leaf mounted on a two-piece lead and set in press between filament legs. All leads individually sheathed ...