Innovation Labs, Hubs, Maker Spaces

There are thousands of innovation labs, hubs and maker spaces around the world. I obviously can't capture them all but to help you begin discovering your own "innovation & learning loop" here's a short list of innovation labs, incubators, entrepreneur groups and labs that I've heard about. As an "old school" blogger I'm "logging" them here for my own use and to share with you.

i2i lab Purdue
Harvard Innovation Lab
The MIT Media Lab

Innovation Hubs, Incubators and Labs in our region ( DC / Northern Virginia / Maryland )
Aspen Institute
Mason Innovation Lab , ITE (Lab for IT Entrepreneurship) , List of "Mason Makers"
CapitolOneLabs in Mclean
Nova-Labs in Reston
CIT Center for innovative technologies
List of local "incubators" (local startup office spaces on this list)
Teqcorner in Mclean
Tech Breakfast (One Wednesday per month at 8am - find it on meetup)

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