Proto Labs Helps Open Doors for Latest Cool Idea! Award Winner
18 Dezembro 2013 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Garageio allows smartphone users control of
their garage door from virtually anywhere
Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) has presented a Cool Idea! Award to
Alottazs Labs, LLC, creator of the Garageio device and mobile app.
The system enables homeowners to remotely monitor and control their
garage door through a simple, user-friendly smartphone app.
The sleek Garageio unit can be mounted directly to a garage door
opener or on the garage ceiling, and once installed, users can
connect the unit to their home Wi-Fi network via Garageio’s
smartphone app. Homeowners then have the option to share access to
their garage with choice individuals via the smartphone app, and
even restrict the times in which they can use it. Whether a garage
door is left open, a delivery person is dropping off a package or a
child needs to get inside the house, users can open and close up to
three garage doors from nearly any place in the world.
Smartphone enabled garage door openers exist within the market,
but Garageio differentiates itself by integrating into users’
existing garage door units, rather than replacing them entirely or
supporting only some models. Additionally, at $149, Garageio units
are priced below others in the same space, and there is no monthly
fee or additional costs to download the smartphone app or add
users. “The company’s approach was to create a device that not only
supported multiple garage doors, but one that was simple, reliable
and intelligent with a stellar user experience,” explains Alottazs
Labs' Chief Executive Officer, Zak Dziczkowski.
Proto Labs’ CNC-machining service, Firstcut, provided an initial
order of top and bottom prototype casings, which are now being
using by Alottazs Labs to product test the Garageio with a select
group of customers. Soon after testing, the company plans to use
its remaining Cool Idea! Award grant towards production parts of
the ABS casings through Proto Labs’ injection-molding service,
Protomold.
“We were fascinated with how an innovative device paired with a
highly accessible mobile app could solve an everyday problem, and
are excited that our Cool Idea! Award can help Alottazs Labs bring
its product to market,” says Larry Lukis, Founder and Chairman of
Proto Labs.
Launched in 2011, the Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award gives a total
of $250,000 in services each year to entrepreneurs developing new
products in the United States and Europe. Unlike other product
awards that recognize products after they’re in mass production and
on store shelves, the Cool Idea! Award is meant to help innovative
ideas come to life. For more information about the Cool Idea! Award
and to apply, visit www.protolabs.com/cool-idea.
About Proto LabsProto Labs (NYSE: PRLB) is a leading
online and technology-enabled quick-turn manufacturer of
CNC-machined and injection-molded custom parts for prototyping and
low-volume production. The company provides plastic and metal parts
in as fast as one business day to product developers worldwide
through its two services: Firstcut CNC Machining and Protomold
Injection Molding. Product developers can upload their 3D CAD model
online and receive an interactive quote with manufacturability
feedback and pricing information within hours. Go to
www.protolabs.com for more information about Proto Labs and its
service.
About Alottazs Labs, LLCAlottazs Labs specializes in
unique software and hardware solutions, like Garageio, with the
idea that technology is supposed to make lives easier, not harder.
Its goal is to develop and produce the best and most reliable
connected devices by using the latest technology available. Formed
in 2012, the Ohio-based company is a small organization that prides
itself on being nimble and responsive to its customers. Read more
about Garageio at www.garageio.com and purchase a reduced-rate unit
via the Fundable campaign at www.fundable.com/garageio.
Proto LabsBill Dietrick,
763-479-7664bill.dietrick@protolabs.comorHotwire for Proto LabsAyla
Richards, 646-561-8546ayla.richards@hotwirepr.com
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