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Thomas Gregory

Thomas is a pop-culture geek with degrees in IT and English. His first computer was a Commodore 64, he grew up convinced that no music existed after 1975, and has a soft spot for trashy spy thrillers (both movies and books). Thomas currently lives in Melbourne with a loving wife and two less-than-loving cats.

Who Invented the Lightbulb? Hint: Not Edison

by Thomas Gregory
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It is a common scientific myth that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb. After all, he was known for inventing many great devices and perfecting hundreds more. Edison’s companies not only mass-produced electric lights but created the power stations that lit up cities. Science, however, is about facts, not mythology. The fact is that, despite the …

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The First Camera Ever Made: A History of Cameras

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The history of cameras is not defined by slow-moving evolution. Rather, it was a series of world-changing discoveries and inventions followed by the rest of the world catching up. The first camera to take a permanent photograph was invented a hundred years before the portable camera was available to the middle class. A hundred years …

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The First TV: A Complete History of Television

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From the Moon Landing to M*A*S*H, from the Olympics to “The Office,” some of the most critical moments in history and culture have been experienced worldwide thanks to the wondrous invention of television. The evolution of television has been one full of slow, steady progress. However, there have been definitive moments that have changed technology …

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