Greg Stroud
Army Special Forces Veteran who recently graduated from Stanford’s Ignite program in innovation and entrepreneurship.
The Product: The What
Our product is a cartridge that is compatible with existing protective gear and cooling vests consisting of our cooling technology, fans, a compact electric motor, and a battery allowing personnel to work uninterrupted by the need to constantly recharge or carry lots of batteries.
Our initial designs show that our technology will be up to 6x more efficient than vapor compression and up to 20x more efficient than thermoelectrics. Our product provides an ideal solution to original equipment manufacturers by providing users 100 watts of cooling power with a battery life of 8 hours and weighing in at less than 2 lbs plus battery.
Our Mission: The Why
Our vision is to revolutionize how people cool themselves. Partner with us to build a product that saves money, saves lives, and saves the planet by cooling people, not places.
Our technology, which is eco-friendly and does not use high global warming potential greenhouse gases, is based on elastocaloric cooling technology, a technology which the Department of Energy has ranked as one of the most promising cooling technologies. Our technology reduces the amount of force required which, corresponding, results in higher energy efficiency and enables smaller devices.
Technology: The How
Elastocaloric cooling is based on the principle that certain shape memory alloys give off heat when stressed and absorb heat when stress is released. Previous attempts at commercializing this technology involved stretching these materials which require a tremendous amount of force. We overcame this challenge by looking at the problem a little differently. Instead of stretching, we simply bend the alloy. If it makes it easier to understand, take a paperclip,and think about stretching it versus bending it and unbending it. In its essence, This is what we are doing.
Use Cases
Cooling components in Personal Protective Equipment and Cooling Vests, Future applications are in development
Who We Are
Larry London
Lawyer and CPA who has extensive experience in the startup space.
Mike Donnelly
Business development specialist with over a decade of experience in client engagement and sales.