The first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880. Welgos/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Latimer’s improvements ...

The first Christmas tree to be adorned in lights revolved and had 80 hand-wired large red, white and blue electric bulbs in 1882. The first Christmas tree with electric lights was lit up in 1882.

Old-fashioned light bulbs could be set for comeback after 'light recycling' breakthrough. Older electric bulbs can no longer be sold in Britain and the rest of the EU due to their inefficiency ...

Still life of the first electric light bulb, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880. Welgos / Getty Images. By Jennifer Latson. October 21, 2014 10:30 AM EDT.

During his visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday, Democratic candidate Joe Biden claimed that a “black guy invented the lightbulb, not a white guy named Edison”.. Mr Biden made the claim in ...

The first visible LED light was developed in 1962, by a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak. Yellow, green, and orange LED lights were developed with time, so LEDs became more common in ...

Piece together your own electric light bulb this weekend using little more than eight D-cell batteries, a glass Mason jar, and a graphite pencil needle. Skip to main content Menu ...

The creation of the electric light bulb wasn't an easy endeavour. Edison and his team of researchers in Menlo Park tried thousands of different materials in search of a filament that would make ...