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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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,...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View Article15 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleInvENtor 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleProtoTYPING: 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...
View ArticleProtoTYPING: 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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