Prototype This! Cool Idea! program from Proto Labs

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Minneapolis-based Proto Labs, the world’s fastest manufacturer of CNC machined and injection-molded parts, launched their Cool Idea! award program to give designers the opportunity to bring their projects to life! Each year, ProtoLabs will award $100,000 worth of prototyping and short-run production services. Yes, that’s right, $100,000 worth of pure, prototyping goodness.

Unlike other awards that recognize products or innovative design after the product has already been created, the Cool Idea! program will help designers take their product idea or part from a 3D CAD model to its first-run production stage by utilizing Proto Labs’ proprietary Firstcut CNC machining or Protomold injection-molding services. In order to be eligible for consideration, Cool Idea! applicants must clearly demonstrate the benefits of their product to the end-user and why they believe it qualifies as a ‘cool idea.’

“We’re in the business of ideas,” said Proto Labs founder and CTO Larry Lukis. “Our single focus is to provide product designers with the easiest, fastest and least-expensive way to obtain low volumes of parts based on their 3D CAD design. The Cool Idea! award takes our mission one step further by showing our support for innovative thinking and enabling designers to bring their cool ideas to life.”

It seems like this is a rolling program so don’t hesitate to get in on the action early! For more info, check out the Cool Idea! program site.

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