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maghis

294 karma · joined July 31, 2012

I'm the CTO of Eight

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maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
You probably got a "SoftHeat" (made by Perfect Fit maybe?), I love them, they are really good quality. One of the problems they have is that they are not aware of the temperature and after a few hours usually get too hot and really uncomfortable. When using them I usually wake up feeling too hot and have to turn them off.
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
It's nice that you mention because we inspired both our API and architecture to Philips Hue: the REST api is served by both our cloud servers and by the device locally.

The app connects to the unit via wi-fi when you are home, which means you can control the product even if the internet (or our service) is down.

Opensourcing a lot of our stack is part of the plan, we take a lot from OSS and we want to give back. As far as the hardware, we'll make sure it's a pleasure to hack on, remember that we have to do it every day :)

maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
The product is wifi and we approach integration with partners in two ways:

- some products will be integrated directly to enable a very specific user experience (in particular thermostats and smart locks for now)

- for other products we are integrated with IFTTT so that a user can customize even the most complicated scenario (we are also looking at other integration platforms, ideas are welcome)

Aaand... ticket created for the links, by tonight those logos are going to be links. In the meanwhile:

- http://www.emberlight.co/ - turn any light into a smart light

- https://www.thisisbeep.com/ - bringing music to every room of your home

EDIT: fixed formatting of lists

maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
We are also really good friends of the Casper guys, they are awesome!
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
Can't wait to see what the community builds on top of this!
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
The pad is dual-zone (you and your SO will be tracked separately) and the sensors are designed to pick up human data. A dog, if sleeping in a very specific position, might throw off one night of data but most of our analysis are based on historical data and one night alone is not going to impact them in any significant way.

But yeah, kick the dogs off :)

maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
Just the early bird is sold out, you should be able to get the regular indiegogo price (still 20% off retail).
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
We are really looking forward to working with you guys!
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
We currently don't have a built-in motor for the vibration, currently we are using the phone as an alarm, informed by the data coming from Luna.

We have an experimental feature that consists in gradually increasing the volume of the alarm sound till we notice you are waking up: the goal is to keep it just loud enough to wake you up but not your partner. This is obviously assuming your phone sits on a nightstand on your side of the bed.

maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
Simone, you are our favorite (and first!) investor:)
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
I hear you but given our stage we are trying to keep the project to as few SKUs as possible. BTW we are about to announce Cal King and we'll definitely expand the selection if we see demand.

Help us find more like you! :)

maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
We use ballistocardiography (aka a big less sensitive microphone) to pick up movements, breathing and heart rate through the bed sheets.
maghis··on Luna – Hack your sleep
It does, but no raw data are sent, most of the aggregation happens on the device. We upload sleep patterns, average values for some sensors (temp/humidity, ambient light) and major events (loud sound or quick change in ambient light). We use those data for historical data analysis on the server side.

The cloud service relays commands to the cover when your phone is not connected to your wifi too (you can warm up your bed while ubering back home on a cold night).

maghis··on Poll: How much do you sleep?
When you catch up with sleep, you should really try to do it by going to sleep earlier rather than sleeping in. Your circadian cycles are set by the light you see in the morning, you don't want to screw them up :)
maghis··on .NET Compiler Platform ("Roslyn") now on Github
Awesome! Roslyn on github, who would have imagined :)
maghis··on How to create a handheld Linux terminal
I love that this is totally self contained. Best of the best would be an e-ink version of this (using something like this: http://www.pervasivedisplays.com/products/74 )
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