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Container Homes

We build affordable, energy efficient, sustainable homes and provide a living wage to our teammates. We are fulfilling a need for affordable housing in this country, it’s awesome. We utilize stock from the 25+ million decommissioned shipping containers in the world to build affordable housing to help solve the affordable housing crisis…that’s darn cool!

Company: indieDwell

Website: www.indiedwell.com

City, County: Caldwell, Canyon

Patented Side Pullers for Carrier or Wreckers

The Side Puller is made In mountain Home Idaho. You can add to a Carrier or Wrecker Tow truck to handle any job small or large. The side Puller has multiple sizes for any Tow Truck and helps towers get the job done faster and get off the side of the road even quicker.

Company: In The Ditch Towing Products
Website: https://intheditch.com
City, County: Mountain Home, Elmore

Sawtooth (Anti Drone System)

Black Sage provides anti-drone systems to military organizations, internal security agencies and airport authorities worldwide. We were established in Boise, Idaho in 2014. Here are some cool things about our team, our company and our products.

Detecting, identifying and defeating drones is cutting edge and cool. Our unmatched product innovation is cool. Protecting US military personnel is cool. Defending the airspace of some of the largest airports worldwide is cool. Providing security for leading intelligence agencies around the globe is cool. Working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and The Pentagon is cool. Our company name with roots in the Western United States is cool. Naming our anti-drone system after the Sawtooth Mountains is cool. Our office next to the Boise River is cool. The fact we beat competition from around the world is cool. Hosting visitors from around the world and showcasing Boise and the State of Idaho is cool. We love Idaho!

Company: Black Sage
Website: www.blacksagetech.com
City, County: Boise, Ada

Guardian Wave

What’s cooler than stopping the spread of COVID-19? That’s right, NOTHING! The Guardian Wave is the newest Accessible Pedestrian Signal (“Wait”, buttons as many refer to them) from Campbell Company, and allows a pedestrian to safely cross at an intersection with the wave of a hand! When looking at the Guardian Wave it may be hard to tell that it is different from the traditional crosswalk buttons you use, and that’s part of what makes it so cool! Yes, there are other “cool” products made in Idaho but do they literally work in the coolest of weather? The Guardian Wave works when frozen and all the way at the very cool temperature of -40 Celsius, that’s the cool way of saying -40 Fahrenheit. Stop touching the same buttons as everyone else, instead, do a cool wave in front of the button and be amazed that your call has been placed. So if you want to be cool, like the Guardian Wave, then vote for it as the “Coolest Thing Made in Idaho.”

Company: PedSafety a Campbell Company
Website: https://www.pedsafety.com/
City, County: Boise, Ada

E3 Lightweight Night Vision Goggle

Pilots and crews conducting operations in dark and unfamiliar environments deserve the best technology to ensure they can accomplish the mission effectively and return home safely. ASU’s advanced night vision systems safeguard air medical, law enforcement, search and rescue, defense, and aerial firefighters worldwide while they conduct life-saving missions. ASU’s Generation III NVG technology intensifies light more than 6000 times to let pilots see hazards like power lines, radio towers, and dangerous terrain. The lightweight E3 night vision goggle, manufactured here in Boise, is the lightest weight system available. It reduces neck strain and fatigue, helping pilots and crews stay focused on the mission. ASU’s E3 lightweight night vision goggle is the Coolest Thing Made in Idaho because it SAVES LIVES!

Company: Aviation Specialties Unlimited
Website: www.asu-nvg.com
City, County: Boise, Ada

VenturePack Camper

The VenturePack Camper has all the camping basics mounted on two easy-to-use drawers: running water, a two-burner propane stove, active refrigeration, a stand-alone battery power system, and lots of easy to access gear storage. It turns your off-road truck into a camper, almost like you took the wheels off a teardrop camper, squashed it down into a compact box, and slid it into the back of your truck. It lets you go farther with a water filtration system, solar panel recharging system, and up to 17 cubic feet of storage. All in a compact package that sits securely behind your tailgate. Plus, it’s made by a small company based in Idaho, Talus Expedition Gear. The two brothers who started the company love the local market and try to source as many of their materials from local Idaho companies.

Company: Talus Expedition Gear
Website: https://www.talusgear.com/all/p/venturepack
City, County: Boise, Ada

Kodiak Aircraft

The Kodiak 100 has been Idaho’s coolest product since hitting the market in 2008. Over 250 aircraft have now departed Sandpoint, ID to all points on the globe. Designed to handle unimproved airfields and rugged work, this luxury-SUV-of-the-sky has handled missionary work, humanitarian relief, and countless pleasurable flights. Northrop Grumman’s adaptation of the Kodiak as the Air Claw™ surveillance craft has to be mentioned for the obvious cool-points involved as well. This short take-off and landing, high capacity aircraft is ultra-reliable and has an excellent safety record. The fact that Priest River, ID’s Aerocet Inc. now complements this beauty to make it amphibious, with speedboat-like handling “checks” any remaining squares on any cool-product scoring checklist; maximum Idaho job-creation, versatile, outstanding in its field, representative of Idahoans (rugged, good-looking, cooler-than-most), and contributing to missions worldwide. Dear committee, your search is over; Idaho’s coolest product is the Kodiak 100.

Company: Kodiak Aircraft Co.
Website: https://kodiak.aero/kodiak/
City, County: Sandpoint, Bonner

StanCraft Boats

StanCraft boats are one the most beautiful handcrafted items built in the world let alone Idaho. Each boat is built with the hands and tools of some of the best Idahoans that I have ever had the honor of working with. The fact that I used tools that my grandfather passed down to still create something that is hand-built in Idaho, makes me more than proud!! Every boat is different from the next and they all have their own personality. When one leaves our facility to be delivered to the owner it is like watching one of your kids leave home. You hope the world will take care of and that it will never be damaged. The most passionate people I have ever worked with put their blood, sweat, and time away from their family into every boat we have the opportunity to build for the most amazing clients in the world.

Company: StanCraft Boat Company
Website: https://stancraftboats.com/
City, County: Hayden, Kootenai