The Wizard Of Menlo Park

Remembering one of the greatest personalities of our history; Thomas Alva Edison who has contributed many useful inventions for the world.

Thomas Alva Edison; was an American inventor, scientist, and a businessman who developed some devices that greatly influenced life of people  around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" (which is now called Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he is one of the first inventors to apply the principle of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention.He is credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Edison is one of the most prolific inventors in history, he has 1093 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 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 is 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.

After being asked on how he failed many times and managed to invent the Electric Bulb; Edison replied - I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work !

Today Google has celebrated Edison's 164th Birthday with a Doodle.

The Doodle shows a blinking light bulb in the place of the letter L. It moving belts, a flashing light bulb and other moving elements but it is all done in a nostalgic way – a fitting tribute to a man who gave birth to the earliest versions of today’s Modern Marvels.