Due to the way inventions are created through a brainstorming process then eventually graduating to the production line, Thomas Edison relied heavily on himself to charge that he could create designs as often as ten days and six months. Having come from a background where his busybody qualities ran rampant, Edison was given ample time to delve into possibilities in the world around him and the carried that intuitive trait into adulthood. He had a hearing impairment and came from a poor family, but did not let that hold him back from trying new things, in fact it led into a hunger for all things science. Edison eventually created numerous items that still have consequence over society today and became a famous inventor. At the base of Thomas