Thomas Edison had created the first industrial laboratory concerned with creating knowledge and then controlling its application. Edison's name is registered on 1,093 patents. Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey, with the automatic repeater and his other improved telegraphic devices, but the invention that first gained him wider notice was the phonograph in 1877. This accomplishment was so unexpected by the public at large as to appear almost magical. Edison became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," New Jersey. His first phonograph recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder. Despite its limited sound quality and that
Menlo Oaks Menlo Oaks The Menlo Oaks refers to the sports teams of Menlo College in Atherton, California. The program competes in the California Pacific Conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and provides competitive activities for men and women enrolled at the college. Men's: Baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, wrestling, volleyball Women's: Basketball, golf, soccer, softball, volleyball, wrestling Originally a junior college program, the Menlo Oaks football team played at the four-year level from 1986 to 2014. On February 1, 2015, the Menlo Board of Trustees voted to end the college's football program and cited financial viability issues as a major