“After a number of models and tests and prototypes designed with user feedback, Hsia and her team created a heating pack from inexpensive materials that could provide warmth without electricity or grid power and was easy to recharge. They built a warming blanket that could be used specifically for preterm infants, which they ran through […]
“The Warmilu technology was originally created to prevent hypothermia in preterm babies and help them retain or increase body heat to improve their chance for survival. The technology is now also being used as a non-pharmacological treatment for adults with osteoarthritis or chronic joint pain. Warmilu CEO Grace Hsia, a University alum, who completed her […]
The team at Warmilu has discovered that nothing is as easy as it seems, especially when you’re trying to create a new product from scratch. The downtown Ann Arbor-based startup has been working to bring its warming blanket technology to market for the last year but has run into snags along the way, such as […]
Warmilu Innovator’s Spotlight with Wendy Traschen on 7/15/2014 – Learned the history of Whine & how it grew from a creative project at Bolger & Battle to become one of the hottest restaurants in Midland! Here are some tips: 1. Test your packaging and labeling with customers before you freeze the production line. 2. Jump […]
Warmilu CMU Pitch Night June 12, 2014 – Got to see some amazing ideas like FoodJunky and Safe Niche Products get pitched alongside Warmilu! Michigan startups are awesome and powered by driven and innovative entrepreneurs of all ages. Entrepreneur Tip 1 and 2: Be able to pitch with your eyes closed and your slides surprising […]
Heading for the Big Leagues on May 29, 2014 – what a venue and what a crowd! You would not believe the number of advanced material and manufacturing startups we saw at the Dow Diamond. Many thanks to MMIC for the invite and for the extraordinary opportunity to pitch Warmilu to the crowd. This was […]
Thanks Ann Arbor SPARK for the image!