Topic: Thomas Edison

Are Wind Farms Further Dividing Socio-Economic Classes?

Fresh opposition to wind farms from the U.K.'s elite causes concern for the future of alternative energy and social disparities.READ»

Imaginary Barriers

We all have fears and doubts. Even Steve Jobs. Even Barack Obama. One of the key differences between those that do extraordinary things and those that don't is the courage to move ahead even in the face of adversity.READ»

Starting Over Means Greater Success for Dog-Trainer and Entrepreneur

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress." -- Thomas Edison. It was discontent that inspired entrepreneur Casey Ray, to do what some small business owners might never have the courage to do. After three years of operations, he started his business over from scratch. READ»

Creative Destruction, Eco-Frivolity, and 67 Other Innovations I Saw This Week

Green is a hotbed of innovation today. But which new ideas are groundbreaking, and which are destined for the Darwinian heap? READ»

What Would da Vinci and Edison Say to Today's Innovators?

If Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison were alive today, what best practices and wisdom would they impart? An interview with Michael J. Gelb, bestselling author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci and Innovate Like Edison provides insights. READ»

Wheeeeee: The Business of Roller Coasters

As theme parks open for the season, so do their marquee-attraction thrill rides. This year, 63 new roller coasters are expected to open around the world, including two vying to be the world's fastest. Buckle in as we roll through the numbers.READ»

Start Now, Don't Wait

Don’t wait around. Start now. Lack of inertia is the #1 killer of great ideas. According to a survey performed by Yahoo! Small Business, 66% of Americans over the age of 18 have considered starting a business, but many never take the leap. “There's a way to do it better - find it.” – Thomas EdisoREAD»

Product-Design Startup Quirky Gets $6 Million in VC Funding

Against the odds, Quirky has quickly evolved from a weird (but good) idea into a viable business.READ»

Failure is Nothing Personal

Normally I sleep like a rock.  But recently I haven’t been sleeping well.  One night, while I was surfing the infomercials to cure my insomnia, I stumbled across a commercial from a drug company about losing weight ...READ»

Life Lessons My Children Taught Me On The Golf Course

While playing a round of golf with my kids... I learned some important lessons about life.READ»

Undead Tech: The Smart Printer

An installment in a series tracking the evolution of some of the most exciting tech toys and tools of 2009.READ»

Why Success is For the Unlucky

Too many people go through life like they’re playing the Mega Millions. They make a small investment, and then sit back hoping to hit the jackpot. More often than not, they’re left disappointed and defeated, because the luck they expected to swoop in and change their lives, never showed up. Success is not a matter of chance. READ»

A Serious Entrepreneur Should Have...

If you are ready to be one of the successful and top earning marketers online, there's one thing that you should be ready to invest, and that's the time to do the work this industry will demand from you. To learn exactly ...READ»

Fast History: Thomas Edison Ignites the Movie Business, 1897

Though most famous for his Promethean invention of the light bulb, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope 112 years ago today, igniting the medium that became the motion picture industry. While the Kinetoscope allowed only a single ...READ»

Is a Brand Like Air?

A brand is more like air than meets the eye.READ»

Les Paul: The Guitar, the Logo, the Legend

A tribute to the Architect of Rock & Roll, who died yesterday at 94.READ»

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Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis

Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got.READ»

How to Fail Before You Open

Some small start ups tend to fail before they even begin to conduct business. This article not only explains why, but how to start an successful endeavor.READ»

Singularity Cinema: A Q&A With the Director of Ray Kurzweil Bio-doc 'Transcendent Man'

Inventor Ray Kurzweil was never your typical entrepreneur. His first company developed omni-font optical character recognition, leading to the invention of the flatbed scanner, a technology he later sold to ...READ»

UC Davis's Energy Efficiency Center Makes Conservation Sexy

Professor Andrew Hargadon believes energy efficiency can be sexy -- and he's winning fans at Chevron, Samsung, and Wal-Mart, and in Silicon Valley.READ»

• Infographic: Energy Stars

START NOW

            Don’t wait around. Start now. Lack of inertia is the #1 killer of great ideas. According to a survey performed by Yahoo! Small Business, 66% of Americans over the age of 18 have considered starting a ...READ»

Start Now

Don't wait around. Start now. Lack of inertia is the #1 killer of great ideas. According to a survey performed by Yahoo! Small Business, 66% of Americans over the age of 18 have considered starting a business, but many never take the leap.READ»

Never Mind! Pepsi Pulls Much-loathed Tropicana Packaging

Laid up with the flu recently, my daughter sent her boyfriend out for chicken soup and orange juice. What he brought back appalled her. "There was this carton of juice on the counter that looked like the generic supermarket ...READ»

Ideo's David Kelley wins Edison Award for Innovation

On April 1, Ideo founder David Kelley will be awarded the Edison Achievement Award by the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University for his “pioneering contributions to the design of breakthrough products, services, and ...READ»

If Sustainability is the New Religion, Maybe it Belongs in Church

Design partners John Nottingham and John Spirk thought so.  Saving a beautiful old church and rehabbing it as a den of creativity, Nottingham and Spirk catalyzed community revitalization in a moribund neighborhood of Cleveland, ...READ»