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In 1906, on a farm in Utah, a boy named Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born. In a very short time Philo began to ask questions, accordingly his parents answered as best as they could, he was very interested in mechanics and electricity. As he grew up, he was mesmerized with the hand-cranked telephone Thomas Edison had made and hand-cranked phonograph that Alexander Graham Bell had made. They were his new heroes. Trying for a better life, the Farnsworth family moved from Utah to Idaho. Philo had…

The Spirit Phone After the carnage of World War I, spiritualism was undergoing a revival, and many people hoped science could provide a means to contact lost loved ones. Edison himself was not a believer and admitted he had no idea if a spirit world even existed. Edison corresponded with British inventor Sir William Crookes, who claimed to have captured images on "spirit photographs." Edison was intrigued. Edison took the idea of the telephone and the telegraph a bit further and announced in…

Tesla Motor is quickly becoming a very well known name in the Automotive Industry. Having launched in 2003 under the leadership of successful entreperneur, Elon Musk, it has quickly established itself in the electric-automotive industry having released three relatively successful car models thus far. It's car portfolio has strategically segmented the market as each car appeals to a different target market. They originally released the Tesla Roadster which is a sports car capable of high…

Chevrolet announced a police patrol vehicle, or PPV, version of the all-new 2015 Tahoe. The Tahoe lineup will expand with the addition of an automatic 4WD pursuit vehicle to the existing 2WD pursuit and 4WD special service models. The 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV features an all-new interior, exterior and EcoTec3 powertrain, while offering the same basic dimensions, sturdy body-on-frame architecture and versatility that made it the best-selling Chevrolet police vehicle for the last several years.…

In 1834 a great inventor was born on March 17,1834 this inventor's name was Gottlieb Daimler. He attended a college called Stuttgart Polytechnic College, he went there from 1857-1859. Daimler later got married to a young woman named Emma. He later became the factory director of Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. In 1872 Daimler joined a gas motor fabrik as technical manager. Then he became familiar with the four stroke, By the end of 1883 Daimler built a small high speed engine. In the end of…

Benjamin Franklin is a famous scientist who changed the world with this kite experiment. His experiment is called "The Philadelphia Experiment". The lab itself was the study of the relationship between the electricity in the lightning and a lightning rod itself. Franklin's theory involved the lightning bolt neutralizing the total or even a piece of the charged storm cloud. The bolt would then send energy to the high lightning rod. In his experiment, the kit was in replacement of the rod.…

“His job on the train caused Edison to become deaf. One morning, he tried to climb the first step but was not able to keep his balance. A railroad worker grabbed him by the ears and hauled him up. Edison felt something snap inside his head, which started his deafness, and got worse throughout his life,” (Thomas Alva Edison). Edison’s deafness allowed him to focus on his work and not be distracted by outside noises and people. He was able to focus on his own thoughts and not hear the others who…

Thomas Edison Thomas Edison struggled in his early life. Edison lost his hearing at a very young age, due to the scarlet fever. He was not in public school only for 3 months because of his hearing loss. He missed out on a lot of things because he got deadly sick. His later life was much better than his childhood, he became an inventor and a businessman. He was one of the greatest businessman of America. Thomas Edison was born on February 11th, 1847 in Milan Ohio. child of Nancy Matthews…

those limitations were made public, Edison launched a propaganda campaign to convince the people of the superiority of direct current. This War of the Currents as it was called, brought in the involvement of Nikola Tesla, who happened to be an inventor and rival of Thomas Edison. Tesla had created the alternating current power generator. Alternating current eventually proved to be a better power transmitting system than using direct current. In 1888, Edison started working on inventing a motion…

Today, you can flip a switch to light a room, watch a video by pressing a few bottoms, and listen to music with a few clicks. Life wasn't always like this. Before Steve Jobs came along with the iPhone, iPad, iPod, Macintosh, or Pixar, there were other inventors who helped slowly build our world today. One of them was Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison didn't live the most perfect life, he was almost deaf, had little actual education and was poor in his childhood, but that didn't stop him from…