Mako Student Innovation Award
There are a few steps to take to get from an idea to developing it and turn it into an actual product. As a product development company, we are aware of the efforts, time and energy that have to be put in a project. MAKO takes pride in helping entrepreneurs and innovators through this journey and offering them the technical and financial support to develop their invention. March 30, 2016 we announced the winners of our MAKO Student Innovation Award live from Ryerson’s DMZ in Toronto.
This award is the result of a strong partnership between MAKO, the Brookfield Institute and Ryerson University. The MAKO Student Innovation Award is one of the largest awards available across all of Ryerson’s Zones. With over $100,000 raised in matching funds from MAKO, Ryerson University and the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the $10,500 yearly award will offer support to the winning project to help the team take their innovation to a prototype ready for manufacture.
It is our great pleasure to introduce HelpWear, the winners of the MAKO Student Innovation Award. Our Vice President, James Chalmers and our Director of Partnerships, Fatima Ali were there to award the prize to the winners.
HelpWear: An Innovative and Promising Start-Up
HelpWear was founded by Frank Nguyen and André Bertram both high school students from Danforth Colligate and Technical Institute. The start-up has been benefitting from the help of the Biomedical Zone, a health tech incubator in Toronto. The two innovators have developed HeartWatch, the first product design of their company. Their invention is a heart monitoring wearable device that tracks users’ heart rate, calls for help in an emergency and ultimately helps minimize fatalities caused by heart attacks. Frank and Andre’s HeartWatch has been getting a very positive and impressive media coverage with articles in the Toronto Star, appearances in CTV News, and most recently in Global News to name a few. Frank Nguyen and André Bertram presenting their innovative wearable device. We are truly inspired by the energy, passion and creativity put into their project. Their honorable contribution to the home healthcare industry and the wearable technology through the innovative HeartWatch is much needed and will surely have a significant impact in our community. We wish them all the best in their adventure and will keep our eyes peeled for their next steps.
Article Author: MAKO Design + Invent
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MAKO Design + Invent is a full-service consumer product development firm servicing both high-growth corporate manufacturers and invention startups. With a 25-person team across 3 offices (Austin, England, Toronto), MAKO has complete in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering design and prototyping services. To assist our start-up inventor clients, we also have a subsidiary branch called Mako Invent that, in addition to above, helps start-ups with patenting, strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. For our corporate clients, MAKO Design develops world-class consumer electronics designs through our industrial, mechanical, and electrical design teams.
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