The Noodle Factory

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Noodle Factory is a magical place where creations of all sorts abound. While it is true the Noodle Factory was founded circa 1999, specializing in the elongated doughy creations we all know as noodles, The Noodle Factory has since expanded its market to all sorts of things. See, the Noodle in the Noodle Factory now represents the creative thinking that we pride ourselves on as we derive new contraptions, inventions, doo-dads and thingamajigs. It is our hope that all these wonderful creations can bring joy, relieve pain, and improve the lives of our wonderful patrons. It is my hope to use this space to share not only news of and ideas for new inventions, but also some whimsical wisdom and all-too-often inconvenient truths that come with the ideation, invention, and innovation process.

In a lot of ways in life, it’s easy to be discouraged by failure. We are taught from a young age that success is rewarded, and anything else is less than desired. In the world of invention, however, this is the exact opposite. The bedrock of modern science and engineering is centuries of experience, writings, and knowledge passed on through the generations until it becomes as rigid as fact. However, if we want to make something unique, we must stray from the Bedrock of Knowledge, sometimes in venturing we fall off the edge, our invention smashing to pieces at the bottom.  The bedrock, however, is entirely built on these remnants of failures of those before us. Everything humans have built, we first failed at. As these failed inventions crumbled to pieces, the next iteration is built upon their ruin; albeit by starting a little higher this time. This is how all invention proceeds. So the next time one of your creations crumbles or explodes in a glorious manner, dread not, for you will have learned, like Edison said “how not to make a lightbulb.”