An India-based entrepreneur-couple has designed a smart cradle, which they claim to help toddlers experience quality sleep automatically.
The crib, developed by San Francisco- and Bangalore-based Cradlewise, comes with a baby monitor, which senses early wake-up and initiates the bouncing to help safeguard baby’s sleep.
In addition, the crib provides actionable sleep insights to help parents understand and improve their little one’s sleep.
“This smart, safe and secure cradle is designed to imitate the natural bounce of a parent’s arm,” says Radhika Patil, who co-founded the startup, along with her husband Bharath Patil in 2017.
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Equipped with a built-in baby monitor with quiet sight technology, audio monitoring and a night vision camera with an HD resolution of 1280 x 720, the self-learning crib is capable of detecting the early wake-up signs, she claims.
“The crib learns the sleeping pattern and acts accordingly to put the baby back to sleep. Along with the natural-soothing-noiseless bounce, it also plays curated music and prevents the baby from reaching the crying stage,” Patil explains.
The other salient feature is that it enables parents to connect their phones to the cradle using the smartphone app to get a live video of the baby or listen to the baby anywhere, any time. The night vision camera enables parents to get a glimpse of the baby at any hour of the night.
“The cradle monitors the baby and sends notifications and alerts to parents, notifying them about the changes and shifts taking place in the baby’s sleep pattern. This has proven to be the ultimate solution that is helping several new parents be close to their little one at anytime and anywhere, while being engaged in household chores or even at work,” she elaborates.
The cradle has a natural coconut coir mattress with waterproof, TPU-laminated cotton, natural antimicrobial Dunlop latex, and eco-friendly Coconut Husk.
Priced at US$1,499, the crib is 40″ in length, 25″ in width and 42″ in height, and is weighed 66 pound (30kg).
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The crib can be lifted by two people, and has nylon bushes on the legs underneath. It can be easily dragged on a wooden floor without leaving marks. It can also be easily dragged on a carpet.
The three-year-old Cradlewise was incubated by Qualcomm. As part of the programme, Cradlewise team got access to the Qualcomm Innovation Lab to develop and test the electronics for its initial prototype, grants for filing a couple of key patents in the US, and benefitted from mentorship workshops that helped them grow as a company.
Qualcomm also connected the Cradlewise team to HAX accelerator, which fast-tracked their product development.
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Image Credit: Cradlewise
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