Shade: a Smart Sunlight Sensor
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Sunlight Is Happiness
IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT NATURAL ANTI-DEPRESSANT.
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Scienti!c publications about light therapy
Source: Web of Science
Sunlight Is Good Health
SUNLIGHT INCREASES VITAMIN D, WHICH PLAYS AN MAJOR ROLE IN BONE HEALTH.
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UV exposure time
Vitamin D synthesis (%)
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Chen et al., 2007: Factors that in"uence the cutaneous synthesis and dietary sources of vitamin D.
Sunlight Is Also Harmful
EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET CAUSES SUNBURNS, SKIN AGING, AND SKIN CANCER.
Skin Cancers
Lung Colon
Breast
Dangerous For Children
INFANTS AND CHILDREN ARE EXTRA SENSITIVE TO THE SUN
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Melanoma incidence rate (per million)
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Wong et al, 2019, Incidence of Childhood and Adolescent Melanoma in the United States: 1973–2009
SHADE WRISTBAND
HELPS YOU MAINTAIN A BALANCE: ENCOURAGES EXPOSURE WHEN NEEDED & WARNS YOU WHEN OVEREXPOSED
TIME TO SHADE SUN EXPOSURE ALLOWANCE
PUSHING TO GET SUN
NOT ENOUGH RECOMMENDED RISKY
Emmanuel Dumont, PhD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Founders
Mansour Ourasanah
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Geoff Appelboom, MD PhD
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Caroline Szpalski, MD PhD
SKIN AND UV SPECIALIST
Uzi de Haan, PhD
FORMER CEO OF PHILIPS IN ISRAEL
Advisors
Sandrine De Laage
FORMER CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT HARRY WINSTON
Deborah Estrin, PhD
PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT CORNELL TECH
Avi Fogel, PhD
BOARD MEMBER AT NEW YORK ANGELS
We Love Our Children
INCREASED AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGER OF SKIN CANCER HAS MADE SUNSCREEN A $1.3B INDUSTRY.
COMPETITOR PERSONALIZATION CUMULATIVE UV EXPOSURE
TARGETS CHILDREN GOOD DESIGN
UVEband NO NO NO NO
June Netatmo YES NO NO YES
Sunsprite YES NO NO NO
SunFriend NO NO YES NO
ALL COMPETITORS ARE EARLY STAGE
A GROWING INTEREST IN UV MONITORING
OCTOBER 13
Provisional patent
NOVEMBER
Incorporation
DEC-JANUARY
Beta Prototyping
FEBRUARY-APRIL
- Prototype - App Design - Clinical grants - Marketing video
MAY-JUNE
- Crowdfunding - Marketing - Design iteration - Algorithms
BOOTSTRAPPING
JULY - AUGUST
- Start of clinical studies