AI data centers are demanding a more efficient power grid, not unlike what Thomas Edison championed nearly 150 years ago.

A fter more than fifty years of uninterrupted fertility in invention, during which he has not only begotten but continuously fathered the electrical era, Thomas Alva Edison believes that we have only ...

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like hard work.” — Thomas Edison ...

Demand for power is surging, thanks to AI. Can an idea from Thomas Edison help solve the problem?

In contrast, the new battery is a more direct reimagination of Edison’s idea, in that it focuses on the battery itself as opposed to its byproducts. The prototype, developed by scientists at the ...

On Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone.

Thomas Edison is well known for his inventions (even if you don’t agree he invented all of them). However, he also occasionally invented things he didn’t understand, so they had to be reinvented again ...