Product Launch!!!
Dear Backers/Customers,
Thank you for your patience and sticking with us all the way. We have great news for you – today we have started shipping to our first customers and backers!
Here are pictures of the 1st batch ready for shipping.
You should be receiving your MonBaby Smart Button in about 5 business days or so.
Now, some very important notes. Before using your MonBaby Smart Button, please download the latest versions of our application that are now available from monbaby.com/app/index.html or directly from iTunes and Google Play. We are shipping the MonBaby Smart Button with the updated manual, please make sure that you read the manual carefully before using the device and follow all the instructions.
In case you have any suggestions, feedback, questions or concerns (in other words anything), please contact us at support@mondevices.com. We have also setup a support page on our website (available at: monbaby.com/support/) through which you can submit your feedback and inquires at anytime. You feedback is very important for us, especially if it’s constructive criticism and we will be happy to address it.
Best,
The Mondevices team
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Electronics has arrived
MonBaby electronics, which was manufactured last week by PNC, has arrived!
And here is the first view of PCB’s (Printed Circuit Boards), which are brains of the future MonBabies:
Read MoreMonBaby on IoT
Mondevices showcased MonBaby product on Internet Of Things Fair in New York City. Event was big and sponsored by Microsoft, Flextronics, IEEE. HP, IBM and Atmel were present. We got a lot of attention, collected a lot of contacts and quickly run out of our own materials and business cards. Next time we would need to bring in more.
We got a lot of questions from investors, vendors and service providers. One trend I noticed that there is increasingly a lot of platform being developed that cater to data collected from wearable devices. Wot.io sponsored the event and there were a lot of platforms with open and fee based API.
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New [final] design
We have finalized a new enclosure and snap design. Note that this is a 3D printed prototype made of a transparent plastic. The real plastic is going to be white, blue or pink. The picture is attached below
Mondevices on ABC Shark TV
Last Friday December 5th, Mondevices were invited on an ABC Good Morning America show with Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank show. We were selected to be one of 15 inventions to have a chance to pitch to Barbara. She chose a waffle maker who will have a one-on-one time with her, but Mondevices got very kind words from her and from the audience. Audience loved our product and was very encouraging. The whole episode had a Christmas theme and people were very cheerful and supportive.
This was the first time I was inside the studio and saw all inner workings of the morning show production. The studio is divided into sections. One section is being filmed while the other section is being prepared for the next segment. Cameras are located in the center of the room and easily rotated between the sections. During the switch the cameras are switched to the outside crowd or to pre-recorded video clips.
After the segment we were treated to an interview with Cameron Diaz. It was very interesting glimpse inside the workbench of TV studio.
Here are some pictures from the GMA show, unfortunately we could not make pictures inside the studio.
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We have passed FCC certification
The FCC TCB certification for the Monbaby Device has been completed.
Many thanks to JB Kim and Device Factory for the help in getting the certification.
Monbaby on Fox News!
Today Fox New aired a segment on Monbaby, you can view it here: smart-baby-monitor-aims-to-prevent-infant-deaths
There were couple of minor errors in the video. The accelerometer is not 140 bit, rather 14 bit. To a non-technical mind 14 bits is not much, that is unless it’s 2 to the power of 14.
Another corrections, Monbaby’s aim is to help parents to monitor their babies for unsafe conditions, such as sleeping on a stomach.
Other from those two minor errors, the video was an awesome chance for us to spread the word about the Monbaby. Huge thanks to Douglas Kennedy and his team and to Fox News Channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iVbPkERaSI
Read MoreWe are starting FCC testing
We just picked up a testing lab that would go take our Monbaby prototype PCB board through rigorous and thorough tests, so that we can achieve FCC certification.
As Monbaby talks to a smartphone over Bluetooth Low Energy, we want to make sure that the transmission from the device is under limits approved by the FCC. In the end of the certification we will get the FCC Declaration of Conformity or the FCC label.
The lab is in Baltimore Maryland.
Read MorePicked up a PCB manufacturing facility
We’ve picked a local manufacturer of PCB, brains of Monbaby, in Nutley in New Jersey.
“””Established in 1968, PNC Inc. has been a leading manufacturer of Rigid, Flex and Rigi-Flex printed circuit boards (PCBs). Located in Nutley, NJ, we are the largest circuit boards manufacturer in the area.”””
They going to start on manufacturing next week and PCB boards will be ready in 4 weeks, (if there is no delay).
Read MoreKickstarter funded!
We’ve reached our funding goal of $15,000 to manufacture MonBaby, and collected more than $16,000, and that is a HUGE accomplishment thanks to all of you for your pledges, comments, likes and shares over the last 30 days.
Read MoreNYTECH Meetup
THANK YOU to those of you who came out to support us at the last night’s New York Tech Meetup!
Our demo of Monbaby features was well-received by hundreds of audience members and media. You can check out the video of our demo here:
The full NYTM videocast is here (our section begins at the 40-minute mark).
Read Morekickstarter reload
Today, Oct 6th, Mondevices re-launched a brand new Kickstarter campaign for Monbaby.
Click on a http://bit.ly/supportmonbaby link to go to the campaign.
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Monbaby at NY Tech Meetup tonight
Monbaby is going to NY Tech Meetup tonight to demo technology and to announce the start of a new Kickstarter campaign!
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Off the Monbaby technology mill – Aug 2014
The last week Monbaby technology team was busy on improving existing algorithms and finishing off a new design of an enclosure. During our live customer tests, we received a complaint from one dad, a friend of mine, about false positive on rollover alarms, caused by an overly active baby. Our latest improvements address this complaints.
Here is the video with rollover algorithm demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw4Jal6MtsQ
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Lack of movement detection
This is demo of Monbaby product in action. I’m showing a demo of two features based on corresponding algorithms. One is detection of lack of motion and another one is detection of lack of movement. Note that those two are separate, you can still be moving and no rate detected.
Read MoreKickstarter re-launched Oct 6th
Today, Oct 6th, Mondevices started a brand new Kickstarter campaign for Monbaby. It’s a baby monitor in a button that attaches to clothing. The goal of Monbaby to alleviate parents anxiety about well-being of their newborn babies.
Click on a kickstarter link to go to the campaign!
http://bit.ly/supportmonbaby/
Read MoreThe MonBaby In 2014 Press
Here are all the collections of news stories about the MonBaby
www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/03/29/backerjack-presents-3-great-crowdfunded-gadgets/
www.backerjack.com/monbaby-is-a-wireless-window-into-your-wee-ones-world/
www.gizmag.com/monbaby-smart-button-baby-sleeping/31319/
www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/03/nothing-is-more-important-than.html
focus.ti.com/en/download/aap/enewsletters/rf_201208_newsletter.htm
walyou.com/monbaby-smart-button-is-a-next-gen-baby-monitor/
www.coolwearable.com/monbaby-sleep-monitor-wearable-baby/
Read MoreKickstarter campaign ended at 50%
Here is the message from our kickstarter board:
Firstly, thank you for your support!
It is quite close to the deadline and it seems that we won’t be able to hit our original goal. That does not change our drive to bring Monbaby to the market and our determination is as strong as ever.We will keep working on making Monbaby even better.
What it changes for you, is that we will cancel the current campaign, you’re going to get your pledged money back and we will start a fresh one in a month. We learned so much during this run and know that next one will be a success! We are asking you to return and pledge again in the next campaign.
Please keep your current support by supporting our next campaign. For more info please register on our website: http://monbaby.com
Once again, we appreciate your trust and continued support!
Read MoreDiving into the Shark Tank at a Smart Fabrics Conference
Mondevices went to San Francisco to dive in the Shark Tank at a Smart Fabrics Conference
http://www.smartfabricsconference.com/get-in-the-shark-tank.aspx
Stay tuned
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