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Wireless challenge to 'future-proof' NBN A TECHNOLOGY guru who has been described as the Thomas Edison of Silicon Valley claims to have developed a new wireless technology that could one day rival the download speeds on the National Broadband Network.
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I'd go so far as to paraphrase Thomas Edison and say that good writing is 1% inspiration and 99% structure.
Susan Kim: The Fiction of Nonfiction TV Susan Kim 2011
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I'd go so far as to paraphrase Thomas Edison and say that good writing is 1% inspiration and 99% structure.
Susan Kim: The Fiction of Nonfiction TV Susan Kim 2011
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HOLMES: Well, he's been called the Thomas Edison of our time.
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When I think of inventors or innovators, I picture exalted folks such as Thomas Edison and Eli Whitney, the type of figures phone book-size biographies are written about.
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And you never even heard of individuals such as Thomas Edison?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Heather Wilhelm Responds to her Critics 2009
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And you never even heard of individuals such as Thomas Edison?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Heather Wilhelm Responds to her Critics 2009
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But then right after that is some of our historical treasures such as Thomas Edison's home, as well as the Henry Ford home.
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Inventors such as Thomas Edison fit the quadrant of searching for relevant knowledge to solve an applied problem, but without any attempt to expand our general understanding of phenomena.
JND.org 2010
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I am most sorry for the passing of Fred Morrison, a genius-inventor of the caliber of greats such as Thomas Edison or Eli Whitney!
The Student Operated Press John G. Kays 2010
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