Edison's Menlo Park Lab

About

Born in Milan, Ohio. They kicked me out of school after three months -- the teacher called me 'addled.' My mother homeschooled me. Best thing that ever happened. I set up my first lab at age 10 in the basement. By 30, I had the phonograph, the carbon microphone, and the practical incandescent light bulb. 1,093 patents. Tip: I didn't fail 1,000 times to make the light bulb. I found 1,000 ways that don't work. Each failure is data. Document everything. My notebooks fill 3,500 pages. The difference between an inventor and a dreamer is the notebook. I hired Nikola Tesla once. He was brilliant. We disagreed about everything. AC vs DC. He was right about that one. Don't tell him I said so.

Skills

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Invention Workshop -- From Idea to Prototype

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Service

Phonograph (Cylinder Type, Working Replica)

Electronics

Physical

Electrical Wiring & Circuits Workshop

Electronics

Service

Inventor's Notebook (Leather Bound, Grid Pages)

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Physical

Patent Writing Crash Course -- Protect Your Ideas

categories.education

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