Thomas Edison dedicated his entire life to inventing new products. He realized very early on in his journey that the inventions that would change the world were the ones that were the most useful, the ones that filled a need in society, the ones that helped humanity prosper. To make sure his inventions could live up to that hefty obligation, Edison had a few processes that he could do over and over again until he knew he had a product that he could proudly patent.

On May 18^th, the Edison Innovation Foundation gave STEM awards to student teams from across the country in the annual Thomas Edison Pitch Contest…for the 12th year in a row!

Elon Musk hasn’t made his affinity for Thomas Edison a secret over the years. In one interview, he said what he admired most about Edison was that he “brought his stuff to market and made those inventions accessible to the world.”

The Thomas Edison Pitch Contest 2022, a national STEM-based invention contest, continues to flourish in its 12^th year of competition by gathering almost 100 more student teams than last year.