Huh. So thats what Thomas Edison sounds likeFollow

Ran across this today. Apperently some historian and an electronics wiz were able to recreate a machine able to read what is believed to be the earliest survivng recorded radio broadcast. It's a clip of Thomas Edison at an awards show of some sort on October 21st, 1929.

http://www.timesunion.com/multimedia/video/TUvideo.asp?title=Hear+the+audio&vidid=96943642001&bccapt=Listen+to+the+audio+of+Thomas+Edison+speaking.

The article about the machine itself is here if anyone is interested:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=942480

Who would have thought we would be able to someday hear from the inventor of the lightbulb, ironically using sound stored in optical format. I dunno, I thought it was neat at least.