Alumnus produces cooler to benefit autism awareness

The thought of producing a product that would not only provide a useful service to people but also encourage autism awareness, produced a spark with a Purdue alumnus to go through with the idea.

Mike Leister and his team of specialists began working on the idea of a cooler that would not only keep drinks cool, but also look cool. Leister wanted to make a product, the ICE Block Cooler, from which funds would help support autism organizations and the product itself would be a practical tool to use in a house, at a business or outside. Leister thought this idea had great potential and didn’t want to pass up the chance to produce it.

“I would have so many ideas and I was tired of forgetting them,” he said. “I inspired myself to write them on note cards and stick them on a wall. I was determined one day that I would build a product.”

The ICE Block Cooler is a six-slot can and bottle cooler, designed to look as if it was carved out of ice, that lights up blue when it is chilling.

You can read the rest of this story at the Purdue Exponent website .