29 photos from inside the Innovation Factory

Housed within the building are 3 complimentary companies – Enventys, Edison Nation and Edison Nation Medical. A total of 50-60 people work in the space. 

Side note: Edison Nation is currently hosting a photo contest where you can win a 3D printer and print cool things like an Agenda keychain. Simple to enter. Oh, they’re also hosting a Pitch Day today.

Get on our 3D printed keychain level. Thanks @noodleprints!

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6 quick notes before the visual office feast below:

• Yes, you will see a yogurt machine. With toppings bar. Real deal. Goes along with the Coca-Cola space age machine in the kitchen.
• The odd skull things are prototypes of Dublin Dog’s Snoggz dog toy (owned by Charottean Jason Watson).
• The black photo of the trash can thingamajig is a technology named “Pressix” and was invented by Charlottean Franklin Ramsey. Licensed to the big boys and now it’s on 6 million trash cans. Feels like something you’d see on Shark Tank. Wow.

• Human crash test dummy heads were from a football helmet project.
• The large machine cuts metal. I didn’t stick my finger in it.
• I randomly found two dudes at the end of my snooping around doing something in the back factory. They’re names on Chris Gabriel (Model Maker) & Rob Warren (Senior Industrial Designer). I liked them.