The motion picture camera was developed during the height of his career; sometimes referred to as a Kinetoscope, an early motion picture device from the Greek word Kinesis, (CITE). In 1888 Thomas Edison began work on the kinetoscope. Using the proceeds from his technological inventions, Thomas Edison built the largest and most advanced laboratory of the time in West Orange, New Jersey. Edison and his staff of scientists and skilled craftsmen began work on the kinetoscope. During the production of the Kinetoscope, Edison attended a conference in Orange, New Jersey with photographer Edward Muybridge to discuss stop action photography of animals in motion. Edison later invited Mr. Muybridge to his laboratory where Thomas Edison learned to create the illusion of still life photos