Topic: Thomas Edison

American Innovation: 13 Born-in-the-USA inventions

There is a long history of innovation in America's relatively short existence; from lone inventors experimenting in garages to collaborating and competing with international scientists. Many of the following 13 inventions have become fixtures in daily life.
02/17/2011 02:28 pm

In Pictures American Inventions

Horizons Thomas Edison honored with incandescent Google Doodle

Thomas Edison would have turned 164 today. What better way to celebrate the great inventor than with an animated Google logo?
02/11/2011 11:42 am

Obama launches new push for US jobs, tapping GE's Immelt to help

The economy is 'not growing fast enough yet,' Obama acknowledged Friday, speaking to GE workers in Schenectady, N.Y. Will GE's CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, prove to be his guide to building a more competitive America?
01/21/2011 05:17 pm

Don Kirshner, record producer, was the 'man with the golden ear'

Don Kirshner: Pop singer Tony Orlando said Kirshner was responsible for so many careers, "it would make your head spin."
01/18/2011 05:12 pm

The Circle Bastiat Carnegie, Rockefeller, Edison: How they succeeded

Hear from America's first generation of millionaires how they succeeded.
01/11/2011 08:05 am

The Circle Bastiat How the patent office almost shut down Hollywood

New book 'The Master Switch' examines the role of the patent office and the history of film – including how Thomas Edison tried to have a movie monopoly.
12/02/2010 09:35 pm

Power Trip: The Story of America's Love Affair with Energy

Author Amanda Little talks about America's energy addiction and how it can be cured.
11/08/2010 10:47 am

Opinion New ways to accelerate green energy and jobs

The innovation economy depends on inventors. And inventors need more support.
07/16/2010 03:30 pm

Christian Personal Finance How to turn failures into opportunities

Everyone fails. The question is how we respond to our failures. 
02/25/2010 09:04 am

Olympics blog America vs. Canada, Round 1: Who won Winter Olympic redemption?

Both Canada and the US broke long losing streaks Sunday. The US won its first-ever medal in Nordic combined. Canada won its first-ever gold on home soil. But which was a bigger deal?
02/15/2010 02:18 am

Bright Green A Nepalese solar panel made from human hair? We're not convinced.

09/12/2009 01:00 am

Sunrise for solar heat power

Four technologies aim to use heat from the sun to make electricity. But which one has the edge?
08/18/2009 01:00 am

The Monitor's View Obama's high-wire electric act

Will he take people's land to build a national grid when local networks for energy renewables may do?
01/28/2009 12:00 am

Long-forgotten old-time music finds new audience

Roots music from the early 20th century is experiencing a mini-revival with a series of new CD releases.
01/02/2009 12:00 am

Opinion 'Made in America' must make a comeback

There is value in working with your hands.
11/28/2008 12:00 am

The heroic milkweed

This common plant helped keep soldiers afloat and aloft in World War II.
10/26/2008 01:00 am

The stolen dahlia

Perhaps garden flowers are to be shared with others, after all.
07/31/2008 01:00 am

This tinkerer's literal light bulb of discovery was halogen

A bomb disposer, bulb creator, "mad-scientist father," and inveterate inventor, Elmer Fridrich has been puttering – and patenting – for over 50 years.
07/16/2008 01:00 am

Tough talk about America's oil addiction

A new book questions dreams of energy independence.
05/14/2008 01:00 am

Truly, madly in love with science

The life of inventor Nikola Tesla was strange enough for fiction.
03/05/2008 12:00 am

Tesla: Madly in love with science

The real life of inventor Nikola Tesla was strange enough for fiction.
03/04/2008 12:00 am

Massive music collection may set eBay record

Paul Mawhinney has collected a whopping 3 million records and 300,000 CDs. On Thursday, he's selling them all on eBay.
02/21/2008 12:00 am