Everyday Edisons

Season 2 opens with a look at the first-aid bandage, ping-pong, and a cat's scratching post.

A bubble machine, a pet accessory, an alarm clock and a picture-hanging device are among the items examined.

A cat-post product gets a green light; a new kind of bandage is examined; and a prototype for a new shopping bag is debated.

The bandage product gets high-tech packaging; a new prototype for the table game is presented; and industrial designers work on the cat-post product.

The inventors learn a lesson about what makes products successful; the branding team presents its ideas; work begins on the Web sites and packaging.

Four new inventors join the competition; a bubble machine gets a new look; a book product is polished; and a pet product is tested with dogs.

The fitness product presents a challenge for the team; a prototype is made for the bubble device; and the team has problems with the design of the book product.

Product names are revealed for the bubble fountain and the nurses' invention.

An alarm clock, a skateboard, an electrical-storage product and a picture-hanging invention are worked on.

The development team reveals its recent efforts on the latest round of inventions.

Branding and packaging concepts are presented to the inventors.

The inventors learn how their products will be marketed.

One product is introduced to the marketplace.