Vote, last winner of the Prize Cool Idea! Of Proto Labs.
The last winner of the Prize Cool Idea! Of Proto Labs, Vote, uses the technology of batteries of fuel to transform the heat in electricity, that can use to load mobile telephones or to produce lighting LED. This portable device will help to achieve affordable electrical power in countries in roads of development.
Before presenting to the prize Cool Idea!, Point Source Power, producing company of Vote, created near of 100 prototypes built with pieces of diverse origins, from big warehouses of bricolaje until pieces realizar with printers 3D. “We head to Proto Labs because we needed a product of professional appearance that allowed us advance in the process available and distribution”, explains Craig Jacobson, adviser delegated of Point Source Power. Like part of the Prize Cool Idea!, Proto Labs occupied of the moulds and of the production of the pieces that constitute the roasts of Vote.
Presented in 2011, the Prize Cool Idea! Of Proto Labs awards a total of 250.000 dollars (near of 120.000 euros) annual to employers that develop new products in United States and Europe. Unlike other prizes for products that recognise his alone merit after his production mayormente and his distribution to the points of sale, the Prize Cool Idea! Of Proto Labs pretends to help to that the big ideas see the light in shape of real products.
