cactus - control your energy with a smart power strip
DESCRIPTION
Cactus is a smart power strip that communicates with your Wi-Fi and can be controlled through a web application. We are raising $10,000 dollars through www.rockethub.com to build our first prototype. Support our project at http://bit.ly/Cactuspower You could get one of our prototypes for as low as $30 dollars!TRANSCRIPT
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Cactus
Control Your Energy
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Users can save a lot of money by managing their energy consumption from wherever they are. • Wasted ‘Stand-by’ power alone accounts for 10%
($128 per year) of household energy use in the United States
• 57% of electricity consumption could be controlled by a power strip
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Cactus A smart power strip that enable users to control electricity remotely
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Cactus Cactus communicates with your wireless network and with all other Cactus outlets in your home.
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Cactus Your switches are accessible from wherever you are
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Cactus When your phone leaves the house, Cactus reminds you to turn things off.
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Our Crowd Funding Objective $10,000
To achieve: • The first 100 working prototypes • A digital footprint: – Media Placements – website – social media buzz
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The Rocket Hub ‘Goods’ Dona%on ($) Good Descrip%on # of Available items
15 Thank You card 50
30 Cactus Prototype 5
40 Cactus Prototype 10
50 Cactus Prototype 20
50 Cactus Prototype with Bluetooth 5
75 Cactus Prototype 30
75 Cactus Prototype with Bluetooth 15
100 Cactus Prototype with Bluetooth 15
200 Your name engraved on Cactus! 3
2000 An apartment for a weekend in Paris 3
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Timeline • Q4, 2014: product development, market
research. • Q1, 2015: fulfillment, production of the
first 100 units.
Prototypes will be delivered by March 1st, 2015
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Team Paul Rolfe
Software Betaspring
Fellow
Giuseppe Crosti Sales and marketing
VFA 2013 fellow
Ethan Carlson Hardware
VFA 2012 fellow
Jon Hills Product design
VFA 2013 fellow
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Thank You!