The ILAB Story

The first PC in Denmark blew up. Since then, the IT-guru Preben Mejer did better. After introducing the PC to the Danes, he also presented them with the internet. In 2001 he met Mads Thimmer and together they started Innovation Lab. From tales of great times to come, presented on the stage at Storcenter Nord (a local shopping mall) Innovation Lab has grown to become a non-profit company with 50 employees and an international network counting 2500 international contacts from all continents. A number of prototypes have been brought to life at the Gepetto-like tool shop in Aarhus: The first intelligent fire man suit, the first screen made out of concrete, intelligent soccer shirts and water beds connected to the internet to prevent bedsores. The combination of business understanding, user insights and technological visions was and still is the fundamental characteristic of Innovation Lab.