The Edison Tech Center

The Edison Tech Center celebrates the past, present, and future of engineering:

Engineers have built our world, and the Edison Tech Center stands as a tribute to the men and women who have a passion for tinkering, experimenting, and inventing. The center is a resource for learning both online and on-site. The center is located in the historic Mohawk and Hudson Valley region - one of the centers of North America's engineering legacy.

The hands-on tactile experience is a very important part of the center's mission. The greatest engineers of humanity began with an interest of tinkering and hands-on experimentation. The center provides access to incredible artifacts of technological history in the dynamic "engineer's workshop".

Upcoming Events:

-Sat. June 2nd - Lighting Presentation by Rick DeLair. FREE @ the ETC
-Sun. June 10th - Open House noon-4pm displaying the Lampkin Collection of Technology. FREE @ the ETC
-Sat. July 7 - Tech Tour: tour of important historical engineering sites of the Capital Region. Call for prices.
-Streetlamp Display - opening in May, specifics to be announced.

-Report: STEINMETZ DAY, April 15
130 people were able to make it for the presentation and/or open house which celebrated the great engineer Charles P. Steinmetz. Craig Cantello spoke about Steinmetz at the event. Mr. Cantello was involved in the digitization of Steinmetz's patents at the Edison a few years ago. After the presentation people came up and talked about their memories related to Steinmetz and his family.

-There are a number of new oral history interviews, results will be published on public access TV stations nationwide and some short segments will be released on our YouTube channel. Look for these videos in May.

What's New:
4/15/2012 - Steinmetz Day event and presentation at the Edison Tech Center.
March 2012 - Oral history interviews at the Edison capture the work of several great engineers. Videos to be released.
3/9/2012 - Main pages on the 12 main forms of electric light are completed. Start here.
2/2/2012 - Improvements on our 3rd most popular page on Speakers and Horns
1/30/2012 - Since Oct 2011 the Edison Tech Center website is used by over 10,000 people a month as an educational resource
1/9/2012 - Edison Tech Center videos exceed 1,000,000 views on YouTube over a 2 year period
12/20/2011 - History of Christmas lights exhibit at the Edison in Schenectady see a video here.
11/05/2011 - New page on electric motor pioneer Galileo Ferraris and Early AC Power History Article
10/05/2011 - New videos released with engineering pioneers Arne Loft, Lionel Barthold, and Bill Morris

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