Edison sold the quadruplex telegraph to Western Union for the sum of $10,000—a large sum at that time. He then used the proceeds to establish an entirely new way of doing business.

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847, but raised in Port Huron, Michigan. His mother was a former school teacher who taught Edison reading, writing, and mathematics.

It may not come as a surprise that electric power generation, which Thomas Edison is widely credited as inventing, came out ...

Edison created multiple versions over the years, improving on each model. Click here to read the complete patent (2/19/1878) Source: Thomas Edison Papers ...

It is not those inventions, however, but the ecosystems they spawn that will shape the decades to come. We’re all going to have to learn how to compete in a new era of innovation.

The story of Thomas Edison and his inventions could easily fill a book, and that's the case with "Edison and the Rise of Innovation" (Sterling Signature, $29.95).

News Thomas Edison's invention factory in West Orange is set to reopen Published: Sep. 27, 2009, 12:40 p.m. By Philip Read/The Star-Ledger ...

Born 166 years ago on Feb. 11, 1847, Thomas Edison was an incredibly successful inventor, scientist, and businessman, accumulating 1,093 patents in his lifetime. Although the man from Milton, Ohio ...