Days after honoring author Jules Verne, Google has rolled out a homepage doodle in honor of Thomas Edison's 164th birthday.
While the image is not interactive like the Verne doodle, it does feature some moving parts and a glowing light bulb.
Edison, an inventor who was dubbed the "Wizard of Menlo Park" (now Edison, NJ), is most famous for his contributions to electric light. Though he did not come up with the concept on his own, he built on the contributions of others to create a lightbulb that was practical for home use.
Throughout his life, however, Edison was awarded more than 1,000 patents, creating everything from the phonograph to an automatic vote recorder.
Edison was born in Ohio in 1847 and died on October 18, 1931.
Earlier this week, Google unveiled an interactive doodle to honor the 183rd birthday of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" author Jules Verne. The image proved so popular that Google created a standalone version of the doodle.
In November, Google also honored author Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th birthday with a doodle that featured a pirate, pirate ship, the coveted chest of gold, and the always ominous skull and crossbones flag.
Last month, Google kicked off its fourth annual "Doodle 4 Google" contest, a competition that calls on students from K-12 to design a Google homepage doodle in exchange for scholarship funds and a technology grant.
