Ko te Edison Medal i hangaia i te Hui-tanguru 11, 1904, e te roopu o nga hoa o Edison me nga hoa. E wha tau i muri mai, ka uru te American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), i muri mai ko IEEE, ki tetahi kirimana me te roopu ki te whakaatu i te mētara hei tohu nui rawa atu. I whakawhiwhia te mētara tuatahi i te 1909 ki a Elihu Thomson. Ko te tohu tawhito rawa atu i roto i te waahanga hiko me te hangarau hiko, a ka whakawhiwhia ia tau "mo te mahi o te whakatutukitanga pai i roto i te pūtaiao hiko, te hangarau hiko, te toi hiko ranei".
Hui-tanguru 11, 1904