Zeo, Inc. , previously Axon Labs , is a private company founded by Brown University students. Founded on December 29, 2003 in Providence, Rhode Island and then headquartered in Boston, MA, developed a smart alarm clock with sleep monitor (eg, REM). Sleeping conditions can be used to sound wake-up only when sleep is in the stage of light sleep, tend to stay fresher. Sleep details can be uploaded to the MyZeo website, where they are stored, with a detailed history chart of downloadable sleep patterns, and email suggestions to improve sleep can be sent. Sleeping conditions detected by headband, basically consisting of three durable electrodes made of electrically conductive fabric and wireless unit, which transmit data to Zeo's bedside clock unit or Apple iPhone that displays data and sounds a wake-up alarm. The company also develops and markets a private sleep training service that allows hours users to upload their sleep data, then measures and analyzes their sleep patterns; these are then available at no cost.
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Establishment
Founders and board members include Daniel Rothman, Ben Rubin, Eric Shashoua, Jason Donahue, Terri Alpert of Stony Creek Brands, David Barone of Sleep Labs, Inc. and Jeff Stibel from Web.com.
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Closure
By the end of 2012 the company appears to be in financial difficulties, and it's closed in early 2013, although this is not officially reported. The Web site initially becomes inaccessible, Twitter tweets quit and the Zeo Community Forum becomes 'currently unavailable and in maintenance'. In May 2013, the content of the MyZeo website was deleted and the URL was sold. According to the Better Business Bureau "this business has no rating because it has gone out of business".
Effects on users
Although the service provided by the MyZeo website and email has stopped, a function that does not depend on the website or Zeo support staff still works. These include: sleep-dependent, smart-alarms, displays information about the last night's sleep (time to sleep, waking time, light time, REM, and deep sleep and produces a sleep status graph as a function of time. to be replaced every three months, no longer available from Zeo, Inc.
For users who are determined to continue using their units, there are ways to keep them functioning. Detailed plans to make compatible Zeo replacement headband sensor were published and widely reported. The user has reported before the company closes that the disposable gel adhesive EKG electrode with a connect-nail connection attached successfully, is better than the Zeo headband. Software and procedures are made available to store unencrypted sleep data used by Zeo, and to display sleep history data, previously available services only by uploading data to the MyZeo website. Some of the software already available from Zeo to the developer, while no longer available from the discontinued Zeo website or the Wayback engine, is circulated; eg library data decoder. As long as the existence of the ZeoScope software company uses the decoder library, allowing Zeo to be used as a biofeedback device with EEG display and functionality associated with lucid dreaming, has been written by independent developers and distributed at no cost under the Apache license; it does not use the facilities of the Zeo website, and continues to work after the company is closed.
Asset Sale
At least some of the assets are acquired by ResMed, which is widely known for their CPAP machines.
Zeo 2018 Headband Newly Developed
The problem of replacing the original Zeo headband has been overcome with the development of a new flexible plastic printed circuit board (FPC) with a gold-plated sensor.
Lifespantrust.com a company in New Zealand has developed a new, more comfortable headband for Zeo phones and works on Zeo's clock bed unit. Lifespan Trust also seeks support to bring back Zeo or similar mobile sleep monitors.
See also
- Self Quantification
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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