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protoTYPING: Popping crisp and fresh collars with the Perky Collar

Everyone wants to look their best with minimal effort, which makes clothing and clothing care ripe for innovation. Local Charlotte inventor, David Frankel, was frustrated that the collars of his shirts...

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protoTYPING: Jeremy’s First Maker Faire Experience

Charlotte’s Mini Maker Faire: The Greatest Show and Tell on Earth comes to the Queen City I used to be addicted to the magazine section of Barnes and Noble. I loved the way the racks were angled just...

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protoTYPING: 3D Printing at Home with the Printrbot Plus

Considering a 3D printer purchase? Jeremy shares his Printrbot Plus experience, and makes the case for and the case against 3D printing at home. Two years ago, I bought a 3D printer to use at home and...

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protoTYPING: More than a Machine, an Ode to our SLA 3D Printer

Just how much do we love our SLA 3D Printer? Let us count the ways. One of my favorite tools in the shop is the SLA 3D printer. It is one of our 3D printers from 3D Systems, and it is the workhorse of...

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protoTYPING: Types of Prototypes

No product makes it to the marketplace without making several types of prototypes first. It is a necessary process to validate both form and function of the product. In the same way that the needs of a...

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protoTYPING: Intro to injection-molded parts

A Course in Plastic Design and Injection-Molded Parts From toys to automotive parts, vacuums to printers, injection-molded plastic parts are everywhere. They are cheap to manufacture in quantity, and...

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protoTYPING: The many forms of rubber

During my career in NASCAR, rubber was worshipped. Rubber in the form of the beautiful black donuts with Goodyear emblazoned on the side. Of course I am talking about the tires. They were $400 each,...

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protoTYPING: history of the Internet of Things, part two

I first became interested in an Internet of Things (IoT) device when I realized they could help me grow my plants. I have a small 8? x 12? greenhouse at the end of my driveway that is packed with...

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15 Online Resources to Help YOU Become a Better Inventor

Let’s face it, there are a lot of online resources out there to help inventors, with?Edison Nation being one of them. It can be overwhelming to anyone to search for information and resources, from...

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protoTYPING: CES, the biggest tech show on Earth

Last month’s #protoTYPING post was all about getting the Inirv ready for CES. Now up? Jeremy’s sharing what it’s like to travel to CES and exhibit at the neatest show in tech. I put the box on the...

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How To: Get started with 3D Modeling with John Vilardi

At Edison Nation, we want to do everything we can to help you give your idea its best chance at commercialization. We recently published a post that highlighted 15 Online Resources to Help YOU Become a...

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protoTYPING: Time to Demystify Gears

All About Those Gears The word “gear” is embedded into the lexicon of our culture, and has become a useful metaphor for our mental and physical state. When a football team has a miserable game, they...

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protoTYPING: Let’s Talk about Gears

Gears tend to be shy. We are around gears every day, but rarely do we get to see them. They are usually hidden under the cloak of a protective shell or housed deep inside a product or mechanism. There...

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protoTYPING: History Lessons for a Young Girl – and Her Dad

As a father, I believe it is my duty to ruin vacations for my kids. A day on the beach is no fun; we must visit the botanical garden and learn the names of all the plants. Sleep in and go to the hotel...

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protoTYPING: Heated Lacrosse Stick Scores Big

Enventys Partners team helps teen inventor through prototyping process Both the weather and unsatisfactory results on the field were leaving her cold, and high school lacrosse player Samantha Wolfe...

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InvENtor Spotlight : A Q&A with Robert Harker

Our InvENtor Spotlight for March is on Robert Harker! Robert has been a member of the Edison Nation community since 2012 and is an active?Insider!? Where is your home town??Where do you currently...

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protoTYPING: SmartTerra

One of my hobbies and great passions is gardening. So, I was thrilled when Suriyont (Suri) Mujjalintrakool brought his connected terrarium prototype to the Enventys Partners office for development and...

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protoTYPING: My Kind of Boot Camp – Part I

Innovation exchange program yields a trip to Santo Domingo. This past summer was a noteworthy one for the Dominican Republic. One of its own, Vladimir Guerrero, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of...

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ProtoTYPING: You Asked, Jeremy Answered

While inventorship can often be solitary work, it is important to leverage the experience and skills of the inventor community to help grow our skills and offer advice. For this reason, instead of my...

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ProtoTYPING: What is CES really like?

What is CES really like? CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is one of the biggest and most anticipated trades shows of the year. Insert boring stats about show square footage and attendance here. Yes, the...

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