Foobot’s launch at CES 2015 The smart device that finally takes care of our indoor air quality!
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December 18, 2014 (www.investorideas.com newswire) Did you know, we spend up to 90% of our daily life indoor and that our living spaces are 3 to 8 times more polluted than outdoor? Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, noxious fumes and chemical products are part of our everyday lives, as they come from products we use, our electronic devices and furniture.
IAQ is the number one environmental risk to public health. Approximately 66 Millions Americans suffer from respiratory symptoms including allergies, asthma, COPD and many others. However, about 87% of the population are unaware of the consequences which pollution has on their health and wellness.
There is a growing market of connected health product in the US and with it a growing demand for dynamic solutions which offer preventative interventions and also promotion of health and wellbeing. By taking control, consumers could potentially reduce the Governmental Health Policy by 35%.
With special interest for PM and VOC, 95% of people from the US believe that optimal health and physical condition are important/very important and 88% would appreciate advice on how to modify behaviors.
After two years of R&D, Airboxlab is launching Foobot: the first smart device monitoring our indoor air quality.
Foobot says stop to pollution in order to preserve our health!
Indoor air pollution impairs our health with several many possible symptoms like fatigue, headaches, eyes- nose- throat irritations… and contributes to the aggravation of allergies and asthma. To protect our health and preserve our life quality, it is fundamental to improve our indoor air quality. Foobot was designed to measure it continuously, and so allow us to act on our own environment!
Well designed, Foobot is easy to be placed in our house or apartment with a 24/7 service:
- It tracks the smallest particles suspended in the air which are the source allergies.
- It keeps under control all the chemicals generated from our products, appliances and furniture.
- It helps us to set the right temperature and humidity of the room to create a more comfortable living space for the whole family.
- Foobot brings the right information at the right time to take care of existing problems and prevent the creation of new ones.
But Foobot’s work does not stop there. It provides actionnable advices through notifications that become, over time, more effective and relevant to improve our life.
Foobot’s innovation!
Foobot is the first intelligent device dedicated to health and wellness indoor. It combines:
- Smart device technology,
- Artificial Inteligence with prediction,
- Collaborative participation in pollution detection.
It consists on a specially designed device to optimize the indoor air flow, comprising:
- a set of sensors continuously measuring pollution sources: VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds), Particulate Matter (fine particles), temperature and humidity,
- a communication module to transmit all measurements to a dedicated and secured server,
- A very user friendly mobile application (smartphone, tablet), that allows the user to receive all information and action tips
Does Foobot itself improves the indoor air quality?
Foobot is empowering people with knowledge and decision making by:
1/ optimizing the renewal of indoor air
2/ helping out to locate the sources of pollution to remove them
3/ favoring behavior changes to avoid pollution production.
1/ Renew your indoor air
Ventilate your dwelling every day to renew its indoor air and lower pollution, it is as simple as ancestral advice. All available communication supports are pointing out, without never specifying either the terms or the results.
- WHEN to renew its indoor air?
- HOW to make an effective air renew?
- HOW LONG does it take to renew efficiently the air?
Today, the solution exists with Foobot.
2/ Track pollution sources to eliminate them
The continuous measurement and multivariate analysis using the sensor range can produce a large amount of measures that are analyzed using mathematical algorithms of recognition and comparison. The measurement is then refined by an intelligence software and specific to each user pattern recognition. Thus, one can detect the emission sources in the presence or absence of the users and compare them to stored databases. Once detected and localized sources of pollution can be eliminated by the user.
3/ Change behaviors to avoid pollution production
Human activity is a source of multiple possible pollutants of indoor spaces and even the human body can cause pollution. In our daily activities we contribute to emiting pollution.
Through our behaviors, our purchasing choices and actions, we can significantly reduce these sources to enjoy healthier indoor spaces. Sometimes the advice is very simple such as opening the window, sometimes the app will recommend to move furniture, or stop using certain products. There are a lot of options in one clear application that you keep on your smartphone, tablet or computer.
Predictive analysis and Collective intelligence
Foobot does not just measure the pollution to trigger alerts or check the curves. It has an artificial intelligence that can warn you before the domestic pollution peak is there and helps you anticipate the measures to avoid it. Foobot is intelligent. It takes into account the conditions of the past and the present to better serve in the future. By recognizing your “model” pollutant, it provides you wiser recommendations over time.
Foobot is also an innovation for community use in pollution detection. It is the first pollution detector making possible the participation and user interaction. The user community can be an additional source of information and exchange on the sources and impacts of products / activities of our daily life.
Further developments already in the pipeline!
The team is also working to make Foobot the first interactive device between the user and air treatment systems. IT developments will allow Foobot to take control of ventilation and air purification systems to optimize the use and ensure at anytime a healthy indoor air.
Public price : 199 USD with unlimited access to the services.
Project team
The team behind the project is based on the 2 co-founders:
- Jacques Touillon, CEO: concept development coupling the Internet of things with predictive analytics to optimize air quality.
- Inouk Bourgon, CTO: conception of product technology with embedded electronics in cloud infrastructure.
Skills and professional experience of the partners:
Jacques Touillon, founder and manager of two communication agencies dedicated to environmental issues. 20 years of communication for the benefit of environmental issues with a focus on citizens’ support for new and improved behaviors. From protection of the environment by consum’actors, Jacques Touillon now puts his skills on protection of citizens by enhancing their environment.
Inouk Bourgon, founder of a leading French FabLab and Evangelist of rapid prototyping, founder and manager of a R&D company: Proven experience in engineering service startups and know-how developed in the emerging field of connected devices since 2009. Inouk continues in the citizens of the environmental sector from energy saving to the quality of indoor air.
For further information, interviews and test request, we will be in Booth 75774 at Eureka Park in the Sands Convention center from 6th to 9th of January 2015.
AirBoxLab
Jacques Touillon
Phone: (646) 457 5977
Jacques@airboxlab.com
Public relations:
La Toile des Medias – David Pilo
Phone: +33 (0)4 66 72 68 55
dpilo@latoiledesmedias.com
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