Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all time - or was he? Most people think Edison was the inventor of the light bulb, but that doesn't seem to be the case, which begs the question, "Who truly invented the light bulb?" There is a lot of con...

Explore the fierce rivalry between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, a clash of brilliance and ambition that shaped electricity, innovation, and modern life.

146 years ago, Thomas Edison entered the offices of Scientific American with a strange machine. Turning a crank on his cylinder phonograph, he astonished those present with the recording, "Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph? " It...

Here is a short video showing the first experimental movie that Thomas Edison made in 1889.

The recording was originally made on a Thomas Edison-invented phonograph in St. Louis in 1878.

Recorded on June 22, 1878. This includes a new restoration of the 1878 recording. Most of the noise produced by folds in the foil have been removed.

The first successful sound recording ever made was of a 435 hz tuning fork made by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville.

Here is Thomas Edison talking about his early experiments with electric lamps in the 1870s. It was filmed at Edison's home in Ft. Myers, Florida, in 1929.