“Protolabs offered a totally unique service to our product designers that made our development process much faster. You just submit your 3D CAD model to the ProtoQuote automated online quoting system and you receive pricing, options and advice for improved mouldability within hours.”

"For the machined parts, which were used for customer testing under real conditions and testing in extreme conditions, I did not ask for a particular finish. The sandblasted finish offered by Protolabs is perfectly demonstrable, even marketable. The prototypes we made were worn for several months without any deterioration in …

“We’re very excited about our product and the impact it will have on the bicycle industry, and also for bicycle manufacturing in North America.”

“We knew of no other suppliers who could deliver finished parts within 10 days of transferring the 3D model. Sometimes we would even receive components within five days, if we had opted for this. The process was so simple: I just uploaded my 3D SolidWorks model to the Protolabs website. …

"With Protolabs and the Cool Idea Award, we were able to accelerate our hardware process ahead of schedule and quickly develop a reliable, high-quality product to demo to prospective customers."

“Within a few hours of the call, we had mobilised a dedicated design and manufacturing team to review the bracket’s design for manufacturability and offer suggestions on how stringent deadlines could be met.”

“Protolabs has been helping us with extremely high-quality nylon parts from the HP Multi Jet Fusion machine.”

“By all accounts, the project was a great success, everything ran extremely smoothly and brought together a team of specialists to deliver a first-class result."

“With a three-day turnaround with Protolabs, that gives us a whole extra two months to work with. That’s huge because we can’t test our controls unless we have the hardware in hand. Every day we have in hand is a better day to improve the system.”

“We were probably the first group to demonstrate a noninvasive brain-machine interface to an exoskeleton in a person with paralysis. We have been since trying to push the envelope to better understand the intent of our participants. We can drive the machines to do what we want.”

“FarmBot is helping consumers produce and grow their own food. It is much more than knowing where your food originated. With our open-source technology, anyone who wants to contribute and help us build the future of farming has that opportunity.”

“However, this process relies on the accurate spacing of the actual winding. With this in mind we approached Protolabs to produce the moulded part designed to do the job – a plastic bobbin that acts as an accurate spacer on the core.”

“By providing design engineers with 1-business day turnaround, we’re giving them the ability to better manage their product design, reduce the number of preproduction difficulties and bring products to market quicker than ever before.”

”I fished with the only lures that were available in the tackle shops at the time. However, after using them I was greatly disappointed with the results. I realised the lures weren’t efficient and there was a gap in the market for a more durable, faster-running and deeper-diving lure.”

“The European Cool Idea Award has really helped us take the Evo System onto the next stage of development and closer to a real-life solution that will save lives and cut hospital budgets. It is meant to be a cost-effective solution, so we had to find a way of mass …