CPX 2012 Rocks Stanford!

The Cool Product Expo 2012 will be one for the memory books!  Thanks to all of our exhibitors, and a special thanks to all those who attended the Expo despite the day’s rain.  From QnQ’s virtual DJ system in one corner to 3D System’s Cube printer in another, the entire Expo was filled with innovative products and ideas that delighted and amazed.

For additional details about how this year’s Expo went down, check out CNET’s coverage: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-57413153-52/cool-gadgets-shine-at-stanford/

Exhibitor Spotlight: KISSmetrics

And another preview as we get close to the day of the Expo – here’s KISSmetrics!

Give us your 30 second description of KISSmetrics

KISSmetrics is a small team of entrepreneurs, artists, and analytics junkies. Mission: “We enable businesses to create awesome experiences that delight their customers.” We do this by building products that help businesses to grow, with the customer’s needs in mind.

What was the inspiration for your product?

It all began many years ago when we were running an internet marketing consultancy and witnessed numerous clients struggling to find meaning in the data they obtained from analytics.

When was your product released?

November 2009.

What is the most innovative thing about your product?

Traditional analytics like Google Analytics tells you what happened, but KISSmetrics tells you who. KISSmetrics tracks all the interactions individual people have with a business and provides a suite of reports and tools that provide customer intelligence.

What is your dream product?

A search engine in my brain, so I can look up anything without using the Internet.

Favorite escape?

Hawaii, specifically the island of Kauai because it is really peaceful.

Visit www.kissmetrics.com and come to the Cool Product Expo to learn more!

Exhibitor Spotlight: AfterShokz

We’d like to preview another innovative company coming to next week’s Expo! Introducing AfterShokz:

Give us your 30 second description of AfterShokz

AfterShokz brings patent pending bone conduction technology, initially developed for military special operations and law enforcement, to everyday sport, mobile and gaming headphones. AfterShokz offers consumers a more comfortable, healthy and safe listening experience. Unlike conventional headphones and earbuds that use the eardrums to transmit sound, AfterShokz transmits sound through the listener’s cheekbones to the inner ear, bypassing the eardrum completely.

What was the inspiration for your product?

Creating a safer listening experience for outdoor enthusiasts like runners and bikers.

When was your product released?

We have two models of ear-free headphones: AfterShokz Sport and AfterShokz Mobile. They have only been on the market since January!

Visit www.aftershokz.com and come to the Cool Product Expo to learn more!

Exhibitor Spotlight: True & Co

Another great exhibitor for the Expo!  Introducing True & Co with our favorite Q&A session:

Give us your 30 second description of True & Co

True & Co has redesigned the bra shopping experience, delivering a great bra fitting to women at home - without a measuring tape.  Take a two-minute quiz and we’ll stock your personal bra shop with only the styles and sizes that are right for you.

What was the inspiration for your product?

Our female cofounders realized firsthand that bra shopping is one of the most miserable experiences a woman can have today.

What is your dream product?

A dream bra that makes every woman feel and look beautiful, true to life, no photoshopping.

Visit https://trueandco.com/ and come to the Cool Product Expo to learn more!

Exhibitor Spotlight: Inkling

Another awesome exhibitor for our Expo on April 11th – we are proud to introduce Inkling!

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Our favorite Q&A list, this time with Inkling’s Institutional Marketing Manager: 

Give us your 30 second description of Inkling.

Located in downtown San Francisco, Inkling is the world’s first end-to-end platform for mobile learning content.  Every day, Inkling’s talented engineers and designers work closely with content and education experts, partner publishers, and production vendors to reimagine the world’s best learning material.

What was the inspiration for your product?

We started with a vision for a better textbook: one that was interactive and engaging, one that took advantage of the opportunities afforded by new media like iPad. But we aren’t just reinventing publishing, or reinventing the book. We’re reinventing the way people learn.

Publishing in this new era will cast aside the constraints of the printed book and embrace the opportunity of multitouch devices and their impressive computing power. It will generate content that responds to the user, and it will engage people in new ways that television, newspapers, magazines and websites never could. Inkling is the realization of that potential. It’s a flexible, interactive publishing platform where the human is at the center of the creative process, not the book. 

Visit  http://www.inkling.com/ and come to the Cool Product Expo to learn more!

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Exhibitor Spotlight: Meeblemail

The CPX is proud to introduce another exciting exhibitor for our April 11th Expo – Meeblemail!  

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Our favorite Q&A format with Meeblemail’s founder and creative director, Sharon Gaffney:

Give us your 30 second description of Meeblemail.

MeebleMail.com offers an extensive library of email stationery templates that transform the generic look and feel of personal emails into extraordinary messages that say more.

What was the inspiration for your product?

Most of my communication is done through email and I wanted mine to stand out.  I was frustrated with the limited ability to make my emails stand out through my signature alone.

What is the most innovative thing about your product?

The ability to express yourself through your email and insert the design directly into your email client without having to go to a website to send the email.

What is your dream product? 

As a mom with young kids who struggles with thinking up good, nutritious meals and the time to cook them; I would love to have a kitchen appliance that automatically selects ingredients based on computer input recipes and then cooks it for you.  Just set it once at the beginning of the week with a scheduled time and come to the kitchen to have it all prepared for you.  If there are ingredients that are needed, it would automatically place my grocery order and have them delivered.

What was your first job?

My first real job was as the assistant to The Gadget Guru, who was the consumer products reporter for the NBC TODAY Show in the 1990s.

Visit https://www.meeblemail.com/ and come to the Cool Product Expo to learn more!

Exhibitor Spotlight: ROTA Mobility Inc.

The CPX is proud to introduce ROTA Mobility Inc., one of the amazing exhibitors that will present at the Cool Product Expo on April 11th!

A brief Q&A with founding employees:

Give us your 30 second description of ROTA Mobility.

ROTA Mobility Inc. is driven to disrupt the mobility marketplace with innovative self-propelled vehicles designed to prevent disease, promote consumer-driven health and contribute to a sustainable planet for future generations.

What was the inspiration for your product?

Founders Chris and Michael started ROTA in response to a family member with Multiple Sclerosis requiring a wheelchair. They have applied their Hi-Tech engineering and manufacturing experience to develop the best manual wheelchairs available and continue to innovate products for the rapidly growing healthcare products market.

What is the most innovative thing about your product?

It works for a whole lot of people.

What is your dream product? 

A $1,000 RoTrike!

Visit http://www.rotamobility.com/ and come to the Cool Product Expo to learn more!

Exhibitor Spotlight: Two Degrees

The CPX is proud to introduce Two Degrees, one of the exciting exhibitors that will be present at the Cool Product Expo on April 11th!

 
Two Degrees

 

Two Degrees is a one-for-one food company dedicated to fighting childhood hunger around the world. For every food bar sold, we give a meal to a hungry child. Our bars are all-natural, gluten-free, vegan and currently available in four delicious flavors: Chocolate Peanut, Cherry Almond, Apple Pecan, and Chocolate Banana. Launched in 2011, the bars are already distributed in over 700 retailers, including every Whole Foods in the country, in large corporations like HP, Facebook, AOL, and Microsoft, and on college campuses. Through the support of our passionate and loyal customers, we have donated over 250,000 meals to hungry children in Malawi, Kenya, Somalia, Haiti, and India.

For more information, visit www.twodegreesfood.com

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Chocolate Peanut 9-Bar Box

Announcing the Cool Product Expo 2012!

We are excited to announce The Cool Product Expo 2012 – Tomorrow’s Must Have Products! The CPX celebrates innovation and provides a forum for companies to showcase cutting edge products.

Save the date:
April 11, 2012
12-6 pm

Arrillaga Alumni Center

Stay tuned for details on featured companies and exciting upcoming events!

If you would like to submit names for companies to be featured, please email cpxstanford@gmail.com.

CPX 2011 Interactive Video Tour

We are excited to announce that CPX 2011 has been digitally immortalized – thanks to Coincident.TV!

The CPX 2011 team has worked with the folks Coincident.TV (a San Francisco based startup & participant at CPX 2011) to create a clickable interactive video tour that showcases many of the exhibiting companies and their very cool products.

Click any of the logos below to launch the videos and see for yourself.