The Inventors are Coming to Show off Their Light Bulb Ideas and Wish Thomas Edison Happy Birthday at the Free ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 100 Inventors will turn the Palm Beach County Convention Center into a gigantic showcase of ingenuity Saturday, Feb. 11 as they demonstrate how ...

Feb. 10: Inventive draftsman

Lewis Howard Latimer revised the process for making carbon filaments used in incandescent light bulbs. He lived in Bridgeport during the late 1800s and worked with Alexander Graham Bell, doing drawings for telephone patents, and with light bulb inventor Thomas Edison's company.

Steve Jobs named second 'greatest innovator of all time'

The annual Lemelson-MIT Innovation Index has named former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away on October 5, 2011, as the second 'greatest innovator of all time', behind the inventor of the first practical electric light bulb -- Thomas Edison. 

Edison tops Jobs as world's greatest innovator

Creator of light bulb and phonograph, among many other inventions, ranked No. 1 in Lemelson-MIT survey

Inventing Fort Myers

Inventor Thomas Edison's search for a better filament for his electric light bulb put this Gulf Coast city on the map.

Edison ranked ahead of Jobs as world's greatest innovator

The inventor of the light bulb and phonograph was named the greatest innovator of all time among 52 percent of the young people polled, surpassing the late Apple leader at 24 percent. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge