Carbon Fiber: Secret Ingredient of the 21st Century

Invented in 1879, carbon fiber is now used in everything from batting helmets to violins. Carbon Fiber Started With Edison Thomas Edison stumbled upon a carbon-fiber precursor while experimenting with lightbulb filaments in 1879. He superheated splinters of bamboo and ...

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