Armenian engineers building Zuckerberg's "sleep box"July 16, 2019 - 18:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A team of Armenian engineers are building what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as a "sleep box". In April, Zuckerberg shared that he built his wife, Priscilla Chan, a device he called a “sleep box,” a wooden box that sits on the bedside table and emits a soft light between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., when it’s time to go get their kids. That way Chan doesn’t have to constantly wake up and check the time on her phone. Zuckerberg said “a bunch” of his friends seemed interested in having one, so he posted his creation on Facebook “in case another entrepreneur wants to run with this and build sleep boxes for more people,” he said. Greg Hovannisyan did just that — he and a team engineers and builders developed a prototype for Zuckerberg’s sleep box and launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production in June. By May 18, Hovannisyan had a prototype, on June 13 he launched the Kickstarter campaign and with 27 days left it has already raised $108,000, more than 21 times its $5,000 goal. In fact, two hours after launching on Kickstarter, the project was fully funded, a spokesperson for the company said, according to CNBC Make It. Hovannisyan has also received partnership offers from “various” distributors, according to the spokesperson, who declined to disclose specifics. Hovannisyan hosted an online question-and-answer session about Zucklight on the popular product innovation discussion platform Product Hunt on July 3 and it was the No. 1 product of the day, which is a ranking determined by community votes. Hovannisyan and the founding team are Armenian, so the Zucklight is being developed by team of engineers in Armenia. The company’s headquarters, meanwhile, are in New Jersey. Early bird pricing for the basic Zucklight is $29, which is more than half off the expected $60 retail price, according to the Kickstarter campaign. Early bird pricing for the Zucklight Plus, which includes wireless charging, is $39, which is more than half off the expected retail price of $80. The Zucklight Pro, which has wireless as well as environmental sensors to measure the level of humidity, carbon dioxide and temperature in the room as well as alerts, is available to early bird backers for $47 and is expected to retail at $100. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |