Home automation – a concept that encompasses technologies for the home – has a growing representative. It is Eight Sleep, a New York-based firm that develops mattresses advanced. According to New York Post, its clients include industry figures such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Of course: those who wish to savor the charms of this ingenuity that promises pleasant nights will have to shell out more than $4,000. The blue dollar is equivalent to more than 5,300,000 million pesos.
This is the Eight Sleep bed, full of technology
The company has a motto: “fitness for sleep”, a reference to the transfer of healthy habits to the hours of sleep and rest. The project began in 2014 on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo and over the years it gained a reputation in its sector.
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Matteo Franceschetti, co-founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, in conversation with NYP compared lack of sleep with the harmful effects of tobacco and insisted on the concept of rest fitness. “I think about sleeping the same way I think about exercising. You have to be consistent, go to bed and wake up at the same time, and the results will come,” she commented.
It measures the temperature and even health variables of the users. (Video: Eight Sleep)
What is special about the product you offer? The newest one, called Pod 4 Ultra, includes sensors that scan the user’s body to detect the temperature and adjust it through thermal technology that uses water. One detail here: in the two-seater models it is possible to set different temperatures on each side.
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The bed can also vibrate gently at a predetermined time, as an alarm. There’s more: if the mattress detects that the person is snoring, it changes its position to stop those rattles. Eight Sleep’s ingenuity also checks heart rate and reviews variables linked to sleep. Then, based on the information it collects, it provides Tips to improve sleep via a mobile app that links to the mattress. Another detail: Pod 4 Ultra is not a bed or mattress; instead, it is added to an existing one.
“Based on biometric data, we take measurements for the user and therefore we provide convenience. There’s nothing to do. Simply go to bed as you usually do. You will wake up more refreshed,” Franceschetti said. “A lot of people in tech who are really interested in longevity, health, fitness and peak performance realize that getting eight hours of sleep really maximizes your brain performance,” he added.
According to the source, Eight Sleep has new developments in the works. For example, a mattress that will scan the user’s body every night to detect health problems such as heart disease.
