Team kids,
How is everybody doing today (Feb 11, 2011)? I hope all of you are having fun.
Well – here's another birthday to celebrate. This is the inventor who invented so many things we used today in day-to-day life. He is great Thomas Edison. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world.
Can you name two items that we use in our daily lives (good for two stars!)?
Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" (now Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.
Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Manhattan Island, New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison
Born February 11, 1847 Milan, Ohio, United States
Died October 18, 1931 (aged 84) West Orange, New Jersey, United States
Here's a picture of Thomas Edison.
Here's how Google celebrated his birthday today with a new Google Doodle. One thing to note about Google doodle is that they take the theme of the day (in today's case, inventions of Thomas Edition) and then try to create an image which roughly read Google. And if you look closely, you will clearly see the words Google in here. Pretty cool, eh?
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