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CIO
August 15, 2001 |
Lighten Up As every third-grader knows, Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb. Or did he? It's painful to cast aspersions on the reputation of one of our heroes, but Edison, who patented his bulb in 1879, improved on a design that a British inventor had patented 10 years earlier...   |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Justin Mullins |
The First Electronic Device, Ever? A set of lightbulbs belonging to Thomas Edison could fetch $500 000 when it goes under the hammer. But the star of the collection is one of Edison's unappreciated inventions: a bulb that may well have been the world's first vacuum tube. |
Reason
December 2002
Lisa Snell |
No Dollars or Sense Behold Edison Schools' grim, dispiriting bottom line: The company has spent more money than it has taken in. It has nothing to do with the education industry or public education, and everything to do with too many top-level executives making six-figure salaries. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Chuck Sudetic |
Reading, Writing, and Revenue From New York to San Francisco, Edison Schools Inc. has been selling the idea that for-profit management companies can do a better job of teaching kids than public-school districts. But a growing number of educators say the reality doesn't match the hype... |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011 |
A Brief History of Consolidated Edison's Returns Edison shares returned 143% over the past decade. How'd they get there? |
Reason
February 2002
Joanne Jacobs |
Threatened by Success One charter school's fight against the education establishment... |
Fast Company
Dec 2013/Jan 2014
Drake Baer |
The Night Owl Take a filament from Edison's bulb and start to use sleep (or lack thereof) strategically. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Romanus Wolter |
Take a Tip From Edison The only way for entrepreneurs to succeed is to believe in yourself. Here's how to keep the faith even when you run into roadblocks. |
Information Today
September 25, 2014 |
ProQuest History Vault Puts Edison Papers on Display ProQuest History Vault added materials from Rutgers University's Thomas A. Edison Papers Project to its database. |
Salon.com
March 29, 2001
Joan Walsh |
The shame of San Francisco An ideological crusade aims to close a school that's worked miracles with poor black and Latino students. Why? It's a for-profit Edison school... |
Wired
May 19, 2008
Chris Hardwick |
Thomas Edison's Take on New Napping Technologies The most impressive-sounding nap technologies of the 21st century. |
Fast Company
July 2010
Suzy Evans |
Mistaken Inventors One hundred years ago, Alva J. Fisher patented the electric motor-powered washing machine, so we could one day clean our clothes by turning a knob and pressing a button. But as Fisher and other inventors have learned: Creation and credit aren't always easily linked. |
Wired
January 2002
Mark Robinson |
Accidental Genius What turns a good idea into the next insanely great thing? Inspiration, perspiration, and the law of unintended consequences... |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Will Consolidated Edison's Dividends Last? If Consolidated Edison can illustrate that it's grown dividends over the past five years, then there's a good chance that it will continue to put shareholders first in the future. |
CRM
November 2009
Denis Pombriant |
The Man Who Moved a Paradigm An evaluation of the changes wrought by Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff. |
Entrepreneur
January 2009
Lindsay Holloway |
Does Your Site Reflects Your Biz A website should be an online extension of your business. |
