Happy 125th, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers!

Honestly, the IEEE's 125th anniversary celebratory event "Engineering the future" leaves me a little bit flaccid, what with all the globes and shiny fireworks and young folks with limpid eyes staring out of their Productivity Well, but still...it's the IEEE, bitches! And such! Congratulations on your anniversary (officially on the 13th of May) and here's to 125 more.

Here's something more my density: Their IEEE 125th anniversary photostream has a bunch of ancient beardos and old engravings showing the power of the light bulb. Once you skip past the first couple pages of engineers that are alive, it's damn near worth viewing image by image.

[#1 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants, May 7, 2009 6:01 PM]

Edison's no hero. He screwed Tesla. We could all have free energy by now! (Maybe)

[#2 posted by akbar56, May 7, 2009 7:23 PM]

And cloning!

What? The Prestige wasn't a documentary?

[#3 posted by zuzu, May 7, 2009 11:07 PM]

Robert Angier: Where are the wires?
Alley: Exactly.

[#4 posted by erzatsen, May 8, 2009 10:04 AM]

i'm against anything that elephant killing bastard edison does!
i shall remain in the darkness!

[#5 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants, May 8, 2009 8:37 PM]

That's right! Poor Topsy! Edison is doubly evil!