Tour Edison's West Orange complex where his creative combination of research, production, and marketing revolutionized the business of invention. Objective 1. To describe how Edison created the first modern research and development laboratory complex and explain its functions; 2. To explain how Edison used his new complex to develop products and create industries that still affect our lives today; 3. To describe the process of invention from having experienced it through a simulation activity; 4. To investigate how technological and industrial developments have affected their own community. Ba Duration: 90 Minutes.