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Waste and the Great American Energy Machine

Yul Kwon | Posted 04.23.2012

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Yul Kwon

Americans on average are the biggest consumers of energy on the planet, and keeping the power that we need flowing is a monumental undertaking. Despite our increasing demand for energy, Americans waste a staggering amount of it.

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Not There, Here.

Debra Scherer | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: The Little Squares, Manufacturing, Thomas Edison, Innovation, Media, Business, Business News
Debra Scherer

Doing business in this shifting changing environment has led us to question even the basic order of things. Culturally we pride ourselves on our const...

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Seldom Acknowledged Innovation Was Edison's 'Greatest?'

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Inventors, History, Video, Innovators, Electricity, Thomas Edison, Inventions, Innovation, Historical Figures, Famous People, Edison, Lightbulbs, Tesla, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 04/07/2012 09:45 AM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Thomas Edison's record as an America...

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Plenty of Nothing

John O'Toole | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Newt Gingrich, Larry David, George W. Bush, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Politics News
John O'Toole

For Democrats and Independents, this GOP nomination sideshow is almost over. Now comes the hard part: working hard to make sure our National Anthem doesn't become "Send In The Clowns."

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Sam Stein

Mitt Romney As Governor Pushed For More Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Politics News, Video, Romney Campaign, Romney Ligth Bulbs, Mitt Romney, Energy-Inefficient Light Bulbs, Thomas Edison, Light Bulbs, Obama Light Bulbs, Romney Gas Prices, Romney Obama, Romney Energy, Incandescent Light Bulbs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's effort to turn up the heat, so to speak, on President Barack Obama over the issue of rising gas prices has had various ele...

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'Green News Report' - March 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.20.2012

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama moc...

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Mitt Romney: Obama Killed The Thomas Edison Light Bulb

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Video, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Energy-Inefficient Light Bulbs, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Thomas Edison, Light Bulbs, Incandescent Light Bulbs, Politics News

Mitt Romney went after President Barack Obama on Monday for supposedly banning incandescent light bulbs. But the legislation in question was passe...

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More Innovative Than Steve Jobs?

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Video, Edison vs Jobs, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, American Innovator, Thomas Edison Inventor, Young-Americans-Religion, Innovation, Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 01/26/2012 05:32 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily Even the Apple generation doesn't favor Steve Jobs ove...

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'Green News Report' - January 12, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, Regulation, Power Plants, Conservation, Iran, Innovation, Green News Report, Pollution, Tar Sands, Drought, Video, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fish, Green News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Methane, Television, Heat Wave, Germany, Solar Power, Thomas Edison, Transocean, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, Haiti, James Hansen, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: GOP plann...

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PHOTOS: Animal Experiments You Won't Believe

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Nasa, Animal Abuse, Animal Experiments, Thomas Edison, Animal Research, Animal Science, Lsd, Cocaine, Science News

From caffeinated spiders to glow-in-the-dark beagles, animal experiments have taken a number of unusual forms. Some have been blatantly unethical, oth...

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Happy Good Idea Year

Michele Weldon | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Creativity, The OpEd Project, Thomas Edison, Lightblubs, Good Ideas, Northwestern University, Innovation, Where Good Ideas Come From, Derby Lite, Culture News
Michele Weldon

Maybe the idea was just to say yes to an instinct. Or to stop saying no to a fear. For me, each one of these ideas has been life-changing.

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The 15 Most Creative States

Patrick Hickman Robertson | Posted 01.11.2012

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Patrick Hickman Robertson

The United States is the most innovative nation on earth, with over 42 per cent (by my estimate) of all significant "firsts" of the modern era, from integrated circuits in silicon chips to condoms.

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Friday Talking Points -- Long Live Steve Jobs

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.07.2011

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Chris Weigant

[Note: Today's column is seriously disjointed. If you're already sick of hearing what a wonderful guy Steve Jobs was, then I strongly advise you to j...

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Ingenuity, Patents & Art: 'The Great Hall of American Wonders' At Smithsonian

AP/The Huffington Post | By BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Art, Transcontinental Railroad, Smithsonian American Wonders, American History, Museums, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian, Thomas Edison, Inventions, American Art, Patents, Arts News

WASHINGTON -- The Washington building known as the "temple of invention" when it was built in 1836 to hold the nation's patents is revisiting its root...

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What Thomas Edison Would Do

David Edison Sloane | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Thomas Edison, Energy Efficiency, Incandescent Bulbs, Budget Cuts, Green News
David Edison Sloane

Congress is debating whether to repeal a 2007 law that requires light bulbs to become more energy efficient. So people have asked me where my great-grandfather Thomas Edison would come down on the issue.

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Shedding a New Light on Design

John Johnston | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Moma, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Thomas Edison, Light Bulbs, Light Bulb, Plumen, Hulger, Museum of Modern Art, Style News
John Johnston

A recent addition to the MoMA store, the Plumen low-energy lightbulb has lit up [if you excuse the pun] the design fraternity in its native Britain, winning the Brit Insurance Design of the year 2011.

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Should Obama Show His School Transcripts?

Bernard Starr | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Barak Obama, Isaac Newton, Intelligence, Columbia University, Harvard University, Donald Trump, Pablo Picasso, Ivy League, Thomas Edison, Harvard Law School, Albert Einstein, Grades, Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, School Transcripts, Birther Issue, Dyslexia, Obama Administration, Education News
Bernard Starr

Once again Trump is demanding proof -- this time he wants to inspect Obama's school transcripts. Should we be concerned? I think not.

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Morgan Spurlock: Mr. Product Placement

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.22.2011

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Marshall Fine

The suit is by Ted Baker of London and Morgan Spurlock owns three copies: charcoal gray, nicely fitted, festooned with lavishly embroidered logos of h...

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Seeing God As The Ultimate Center Of Creativity

Jeffrey Small | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Daniel Pink, Education, Art, Sir Ken Robinson, Writing, Thomas Edison, Failure, Evolution, God, Learning, Creative Minds, Creative People, Creation, Religion News
Jeffrey Small

Creativity is one of the characteristics of the universe. The evolution of the cosmos is characterized by a movement toward life, toward diversity, and toward consciousness.

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Want to be a Free Radical? Here's How

Andy Kessler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Thomas Edison, Eat People: Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs, Free Radicals, Facebook, John D. Rockefeller, Books News
Andy Kessler

It's the Free Radicals that are increasing productivity, increasing society's wealth, reinventing the way the world works and generating enough profits to reinvest in their process to keep this reinvention going for decades on end.

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PICTURE: Thomas Edison Gets Illuminating Google Logo

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, Google commemorates what would have been Thomas Alva Edison's 164th birthday. Visitors to the Google homepage will notice an animated logo that...

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Innovation Requires Risktaking

Robert F. Brands | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innovation, Business, Risktaking, Imperatives, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Failure, Entrepreneurship, Risk, Business News
Robert F. Brands

Fear of failure can kill innovation. Never punish for failed ideas. Instead, learn from them how to improve in the future.

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The Nissan Leaf: A Nod to the First Electric Cars of 100 Years Ago

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Detroit Electric, Electric Cars, Business News
Kate Kelly

The New York Times' front page today featured a story about the fact that in December, Nissan will be releasing the Nissan Leaf, the first all-electr...

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The Transformative Power of Failure?

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Success, American Enterprise Institute, BAM Radio Network, Michael Jordan, Education, Ted Williams, School Leadership, Megan McArdle, Rick Hess, The Atlantic, Frederick M. Hess, Thomas Edison, Failure, Holly Elissa Bruno, Jean Twenge, Impact News
Justin Snider

Can failure transform us in important -- and healthy -- ways? Should we champion failure as much as we do success? And in the field of education, should we learn not just to live with but to love leaders who fail?

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The 8 Most Overrated People In History

Mark Juddery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Juddery

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