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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!
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Cactus
Control Your Energy
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
Cactus A smart power strip that enable users to control electricity remotely
Cactus Cactus communicates with your wireless network and with all other Cactus outlets in your home.
Cactus Your switches are accessible from wherever you are
Cactus When your phone leaves the house, Cactus reminds you to turn things off.
Our Crowd Funding Objective $10,000
To achieve: • The first 100 working prototypes • A digital footprint: – Media Placements – website – social media buzz
The Rocket Hub ‘Goods’ Dona%on ($) 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
Timeline • Q4, 2014: product development, market
research. • Q1, 2015: fulfillment, production of the
first 100 units.
Prototypes will be delivered by March 1st, 2015
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
Thank You!