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The Roost Smart Battery – the Retrofit Solution. Why We Think a Smart Battery is…Smart.No More Chirps! First of all, we hate those middle-of-the-night, low-battery chirps from our smoke alarms. Anything that eliminates those for the rest of our lives is smart in our book! Smartphone Notifications Away from HomeBeyond eliminating chirps, we want toknow our family, pets, and homes are safe. A notification to our smartphonein the event of a smoke alarm sounding seemed just the thing. We developed the Smart Battery idea as we watched other smart home companies. They connected people todata in their home. We wanted to connect people to thevaluabledata inthe home. Data that was useful. The smoke alarm was the obvious choice. Announcing our Stretch Goal!The Roost Smart Battery – the Retrofit Solution. If you can change your battery, you can improve your peace of mind.Our Smart Battery is a revolutionary approach to the smart home. Roost retrofits your existing smoke alarms. This is a simple, affordable entry to the smart home. No expensive, new, shiny-white gadgets to buy, just a battery, for less than $35 each. When you have 5-10 smoke alarms in your home, that retrofit approach makes a lot of sense! Plus, the battery last for at least 5 years so replace them all, and you’re set for a long time. We Built Roost with These Values in Mind. At Roost, we believe a smart home shouldnt break the bank. We believe itshould be accessible to everyone. And, we believe the best solutions are simple solutions. With that in mind, we created the Roost Smart Battery: *.Simple. Simple to set-up. Simple to install. Simple to use. The Roost Smart Battery turns existing smoke alarms into connected smart devices in just minutes. Just download our app on your smartphone, connect to your home Wi-Fi and change a 9Vbattery. No hubs, no wires and no hired contractors required. *.Affordable. Because we’re retrofitting, Roost is more affordable than the alternate connected smoke alarms. *.Accessible. More than 350 Million homes have smoke alarms in the US and over 20% of those have non-working smoke alarms due to missing or dead batteries. We can help solve this! Our retrofit approach and pricing makes a smart home accessible to anyone with a smoke alarm, Wi-Fi and a smartphone. *.Peace of Mind. With Roost you’ll receive emergency alerts – even when you are away from home. You’ll be notified if something is wrong. Being connected to your home? That’s peace of mind. Setting up Roost in Your Home. Even pairing your Roost Smart Batteryis simple.Since we value simplicity, we’re designing our app to be intuitive. The process to set-up Roost will be streamlined: 1. Select your home Wi-Fi network andenter your password.2. Choose a smoke alarm and name it(let’s say Upstairs Hallway).3. The “Upstairs Hallway” smart battery connects to your Wi-Fi and appears as a newly configured devicein the Roost app. 4. Install the battery in the Upstairs Hallway smoke alarm - and your first one is done! Repeat steps 2-4 for each battery. Simple. The App and Notifications. With an app and the Roost Smart Battery, your home just got smarter.Our simple app integrates with your existing smoke alarms once your newsmart battery is installed.Roost will include several notifications such as:*.Alarm Activated Alert-- Immediately alerts you when one of your smoke alarm activates – wherever you are.*.Alarm Management-- Quick view status of all your smoke alarms.*.Low Battery Notification -- Notifies you of a low battery weeks before the chirping starts.*.Emergency Contacts-- One-touchaccess to all important pre-programmed emergency numbers.The Technical Side.Below are some images of our prototypes as well as our current demo. The demo works great!The Product Demo.PlayThe Technical Specs.*.Size and weight: Same as a typical 9V battery.*.Battery life target: 5+ years.*.Includes: Micro controller and low power Wi-Fi chip powered by lithium battery technology.*.Can be used with any existing smoke alarm or carbon monoxidedetector that uses a 9V battery.*.Connects directly to your home access point via low-power Wi-Fi.*.Alarm and battery status sent directly to your smartphone.The Production Timeline. The Future - Our Roadmap.We’re starting with the Roost Smart Battery and have developed a roadmap of other products, once our Smart Battery launches.But we also want to hear from the Kickstarter community as to what else they’d like to have retrofitted in their home. The Press We’ve Received. Roost has been receiving press around the world. Below is a small sample.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:11:22 +0000

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