Supernova M99 Mini Pro wins German Innovation Award

June 8, 2018

First headlights with the high beam on to triumphal march. Fourth award in a row for the M99 Mini Pro.

And the series continues! TheM99 Mini Pro Is with thatGerman Innovation Awardbeen awarded. This means the fourth honorable award for the headlight with the world's first high beam for bicycles and e-bikes. At the ceremony on Wednesday evening, June 6, 2018, our headlight from 650 candidates made it to the podium. More than 250 invited guests from business, politics and media accepted the exclusive invitation to the Technikmuseum in Berlin.

With the awarding of theGerman Innovation AwardProduct innovations are honored that have a lasting effect. Whether industry giants, hidden champions or start-ups-all applicants have one thing in common: they offer a solution, a detailed innovation or a service with real added value for the user. "We are absolutely enthusiastic about the quality of the submissions," says Andrej Kupetz. For the general manager of theCouncil for DesignInnovation is a decisive factor that is promoted in global competition. The products range from the bionic glove to cleaning technologies, fibers for 3D printing, e-car charging station and coffee lemonade to the IoT platform-or just high-tech bicycle lighting such as theM99 Mini Pro.

Topics such as innovation height, user benefits and economy are assessed. The innovation strategy should take into account aspects such as social, ecological, economic sustainability and energy and resource use. Factors such as location and employment potential, durability, market maturity, technical quality and function, materiality and synergy effects also play a crucial role in the juration process. So was our M99 Mini Pro Rated by a top-class jury-including physicists, patent advisors, computer scientists, financing specialists, product designers, technology historians and marketers. "This guarantees an individual, neutral and professional assessment," emphasizes Kupetz.

Text: Myriel Hauser/ German Innovation Award ι Pictures: Marcus Wallmeyer/ German Innovation Award