Lightbulb idea

Thomas Edison didn’t invent the lightbulb, he invented the first good one. Edison liked to test the limits of electricity so he could make it do something new. His discoveries were used to improve upon other scientists’ ideas.

He tinkered and thought and used other people’s understandings, because Edison was an innovator.

Edison’s peers all invented their own lightbulbs while Edison still tested the hypotheses for his. Other designs influenced Edison the same way that incandescent bulbs influenced LED light designs.

Designers focus on practicality, an inventor wants something new. Innovation happens in between.