It’s Thomas Alva Edison’s 164th birthday today, Feb. 11, and Google users got an interesting treat—the Google homepage logo is an animated sketch of Edison’s most famous invention: the common incandescent light bulb.
Google has rolled out some interesting homepage doodles lately, honoring holidays and certain events, including the Pac-Man doodle last year and Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea were features earlier this week.
Those two interactive doodles were so popular that Google created standalone versions of them. Although Google’s Edison birthday doodle isn’t interactive, it’s nifty design captures attention with a blinking light bulb and animated typewriting machine.
Edison was a well-known scientist in history, commonly known as “The Wizard of Menlo Park.” Many believe that the light bulb was his invention, but the technology of using electricity to power a light source was developed years before.
However, Edison improved the incandescent light bulb by making it longer lasting and cheaper to produce. By bringing this technology to the general public, he literally “lit up” the world.
Nowadays, people in the United States, especially California, are going to have a hard time finding incandescent bulbs. In 2007, Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act, which stipulates certain incandescent bulbs will be phased out, starting in 2012. But California will be getting a head start on the program.
Edison’s incandescent bulb changed the world forever, but more and more countries, from Australia to Ireland, are finding this technology too energy consuming and unsustainable, with this type of light bulb being progressively phased out.
Edison is also known for inventing the phonograph and the motion picture camera.
Google has rolled out some interesting homepage doodles lately, honoring holidays and certain events, including the Pac-Man doodle last year and Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea were features earlier this week.
Those two interactive doodles were so popular that Google created standalone versions of them. Although Google’s Edison birthday doodle isn’t interactive, it’s nifty design captures attention with a blinking light bulb and animated typewriting machine.
Edison was a well-known scientist in history, commonly known as “The Wizard of Menlo Park.” Many believe that the light bulb was his invention, but the technology of using electricity to power a light source was developed years before.
However, Edison improved the incandescent light bulb by making it longer lasting and cheaper to produce. By bringing this technology to the general public, he literally “lit up” the world.
Nowadays, people in the United States, especially California, are going to have a hard time finding incandescent bulbs. In 2007, Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act, which stipulates certain incandescent bulbs will be phased out, starting in 2012. But California will be getting a head start on the program.
Edison’s incandescent bulb changed the world forever, but more and more countries, from Australia to Ireland, are finding this technology too energy consuming and unsustainable, with this type of light bulb being progressively phased out.
Edison is also known for inventing the phonograph and the motion picture camera.
