Meet the EN Team: Matthew Bowden
As our DRTV-focused unit, the Edison Nation ASOTV team relies heavily on its talented videographers. Meet one of those team members (and a proud new dad!), Matthew Bowden. Q1. What is your position...
View ArticleMeet the EN Team: Heyward Moore
It’s no secret that our in-house engineering team plays a huge role in what we do. This month, take a little time to get to know Heyward Moore, one of our Enventys/Edison Nation engineering staff...
View ArticleProtoTYPING: Everyday Materials to Speed up the Prototyping Process
Depending on the product, it can take many?iterations to find the right cocktail of components or chemicals to make an idea concept work. There are plenty of examples of inventor folklore as proof of...
View ArticleGive the Gift of Bacon this Holiday Season
If you are a regular on our Facebook page, you probably saw the behind-the-scenes pictures of the EN team getting their bacon faces on. Come to think of it:?we grabbed the help of the Edison Nation...
View ArticleBehind-The-Scenes: Perfect Bacon Bowl Blooper Reel
Edison Nation inventor, Thom Jensen, has come a long way since first submitting his idea in our As Seen on TV Open Search?as a written description and rough aluminum foil prototype.?After his Bacon...
View ArticleProtoTYPING: 3D Printing in a Nutshell
3D printing is one of the biggest buzzwords in product development and innovation. There are new 3D printing technologies or someone making a unique product with a 3D printer in the news every week. 3D...
View ArticleMeet the EN Team: Laura Lynch
Meet one of our team members?who plays an active role in developing your As Seen on TV (ASOTV)?ideas to bring them to life on the screen. Fun fact: she is also a new mom! Q1. What is your position and...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Edison Nation!
Christmas and the holiday season is full of laughter, joy and reminiscing ? especially around the Edison Nation headquarters. Join?our team?on a?trip down memory lane as we review?our best (and worst!)...
View ArticleMeet the EN Team: Katie Foss
Meet one of our newest team members who is part of our licensing team and is responsible for all legal affairs, including conducting those pesky Stage 6 IP reviews :). Q1.?What is your position and...
View ArticleFour steps to kicking off your design project – fast!
Make like an Edison Nation designer and take note of these four steps to kickstart your design process. So you?ve got an idea for an invention that needs some ?fleshing out?. What does the design look...
View ArticleDon’t break the mold! A behind-the-scenes look into turning a mold into a...
While 3D printing is great, when we need to make MANY duplicates of a product it makes more sense to create a mold and pour casts of the product instead. This way, we can make as many as we like!...
View Article‘Tis the season: 25 Days of 520 Elliot
‘Tis the season for tips + tricks! Introducing the 25 Days of 520 Elliot. The team at 520 Elliot sure does love our holidays. One Easter, we created?Eggies Easter baskets?that were Pinterest-worthy...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: Questions from Song Lyrics that Every Inventor Should Answer
When pop song lyrics and product development collide We have a radio that sits next to the Dremel bits in the 520 Elliot prototyping shop and it may have come over on the Mayflower. The antenna is...
View ArticleprotoTYPING: Understanding Your Garbage Can – Prototyping plastics
Plastics by the (recycling) numbers The house I grew up in is next to the town dump. That is what we called it anyway, but to be honest, it was a compactor and recycling transfer station for a town of...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: A National Engineers Week Celebration!
For National Engineers Week, we turned some well-deserved attention on the engineers of 520 Elliot. This team is much more than just a group focusing on engineering principles. They are the team that...
View ArticleHappy National Inventors Month! What inspires you?
What inspires you and your invention ideas? May is National Inventors Month, a time to celebrate and acknowledge the world’s best and most creative innovators — including?our Edison Nation community!...
View ArticleMeet the Team: Cory Hymel, director of connected technologies
Say hello to Cory! Cory Hymel left his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, to join us at 520 Elliot here in Charlotte, and hasn’t looked back. Ever the adventurer, Cory’s not your typical software...
View ArticleIntroducing our Interns! Maddox Humphries & Britt Willis
Say hello to Maddox and Britt! Summer is upon us, and that doesn’t just mean heat and humidity in Charlotte! The Edison Nation team is very lucky to have two spectacular interns join us for the season...
View ArticleInnovation: The Literal Building Blocks
What are innovative ways to increase innovation? Everyone knows that kids have the biggest imaginations, so maybe it just takes acting like a kid again to bring out our best ideas. On Monday afternoon,...
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,...
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