Enyware : The Smart Seat that Transforms Posture & Habit
Created by Astride Bionix
Makes Anywhere Ergonomics. Sit Effortlessly Upright. Track & Improve Your Posture and Habit
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Enyware March update, Pre-manufacturing edition!
about 3 years ago
– Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 05:05:43 AM
Hi backers!
We hope you are safe and healthy, It has been a while since our last update and we would like to share our progress with you. Our intention is not to flood your mailbox with updates just to look "active" but at the same time we want to let you know whenever we have crossed a major milestone.
Mass production usually consists of 3 key phrases. The first phrase is where we optimize the design for large scale production, the next phrase is doing low-rate production to ensure quality, only after we are confident will the large scale manufacturing starts.
We are now at the end of the first phrase and we would like to give you some details of that.
1. Mold design for major parts have been completed and we will start putting out prototype molds in the next 1-2 months. Making a mold is just like baking cookies, things might not come out right the first time so it's better to do it a few times to be sure.
2. Our specially-designed spring made with custom material has just passed 300,000 rounds of stress testing! This is the heart of how Enyware helps balance your body in a zero-stress posture while being flexible enough to support your natural movements. This means that Enyware can comfortably support users who work 10 hours a day who fully bend forward and backward 200 times a day for more than 3 years.
We are so proud of this design that we filed a patent for it, your backing is what made this new invention possible, and we can't thank you enough!
3. Electronics are also being finalized, with prototypes for mass-produced circuit being put through rigorous testing to ensure accuracy and safety. We are still tinkering with the firmware to eke out as much battery endurance as possible.
The size of the circuit. This coin is 22mm(0.78inch) in diameter
In the meantime, we are also conducting larger scale laboratory testing with one of the region's leading university on the long term benefit of using Enyware. We are focusing on posture behavioral change, core strength improvement as well as concentration and focus when sitting at an optimal posture. We hope the paper will come out before the end of the year!
This is only a brief summary of our efforts over the past few months we are working hard to ensure Enyware is the world's best perming posture enhancer and the smartest way to sit when it comes out before the end of the year.
For anyone who missed the chance to back Enyware on kickstarter, we will soon make Enyware available on Indiegogo indemand and there will likely be a special discount code exclusive for our backers so please stay tuned!
Warm love and gratitude to you all,
Astride team
Happy New Year! Survey is in your inbox
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 03:56:23 PM
Dear Enyware Backers!
Happy new year! We hope you are staying safe and healthy. We wish to interrupt your life as little as possible so we will keep our update regular, truthful but not too frequent. Please expect an update every 3rd week of the month where we will be updating on what we have done and the look ahead.
Over the past month we have been finalizing the design & production as well as get more feedbacks from our user group on how to make Enyware even better. The Backerkit survey is part of this and will help us understand your needs better, so please don't be annoyed by the marketing research part of the survey, we are grateful for your support every step of the way.
We encourage you to finish the survey now because it will help make Enyware even better, don't worry if you need to change your address close to the shipping date. Backerkit lets you change shipping address almost until the last minute.
So please check your inbox for an email from Backerkit, If our survey email is not in your inbox, please go to https://enyware.backerkit.com/ and enter the email address you use to make this pledge!
if you face any issue, please don't hesitate to email our team at [email protected]
What the Backerkit survery gives you
1. The ability to changeyour address later - You can change your address anytime via the same link, this keeps things flexible in case you move residences or are traveling.
2. Add armrests! - Due to the way Kickstarter UI is structured many backers were not able to add armrests into their pledges. With Backerkit you can now easily add armrests!
3. Purchase additonal Enywareat aspecial price - We will be launching Enyware on other crowdfunding platforms soon. However, only our Kickstarter backers will be able to make a purchase at this exclusive pricing. So if you missed your chance to add another pledge, now is the time to do so.
Thank you!
We really can't say thank you enough, Enyware will not be possible without you and we will work hard to be worthy of your support!
Until next time!
Astride Team
Thank you!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 09:56:37 PM
Dear Backers,
On behalf of the Astride team, I want to thank everyone who followed our project, watched our VDO, post questions and back our project. It has been an exhilarating 4 weeks and we are overwhelmed by the support we received from all over the world to make Enyware a reality.
Your incredbile kindness and willingness to take a risk and help bring wearable robotics to the world has bee nso heartwarming and made us doubly committed to delivering the best product into your hands. Enyware will be the first exoskeleton to grace a lot of people's home, and we want to give an impressive first impression.
Over the next few months we will be fully dedicated to finalizing the design, certification and manufacturing process for Enyware. We will provide you with clear and timely update every step of the way.
For a lot of you who were not able to add an armrest into your pledge, we are getting on backerkit and similar platform so that people who missed out on our incredible armrest can still purchase one.
Again, it has been an exciting ride and we are grateful for every minute of the way! See you soon in the next update!
Astride One
Special thanks to our biggest fans, especially LEX backers, please know we are your fan too
We did it! Thank you!
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 04:20:02 PM
Dear Backers,
After a tense 14 days we are here at last. Enyware is fully funded and it couldn't happen without you. Crowdfunding is certainly challenging but it's also magical when you see people around the world take interest in an idea and chip in what they can to make the idea happen.
We wish we can say thank you to everyone of you personally, every backer brings smile to our hearts.
We are forever grateful for your support and this makes us even more committed in delivering a good product. You have placed your trust in us and now the responsibility is on our shoulders to execute the rest of the project smoothly.
They say hardware is hard and that's doubly true with something totally new like Enyware, but we have the neccesary experience and the passion to give you the best and smartest sitting experience ever, we want to make you believe that exoskeletons and wearable robotics have future in the home as long as it is relevant, easy to use and accessbile.
If there is one more favor we will ask you. Research shows that sharing a successful project you have backed on Facebook can really help a campaign. Could we humbly ask you to share this campaign once on a social media of your choice? The early bird units are running out fast with just 11 remaining and we want people you know to be the ones who can get them at this discounted price!
Hello November! Warm greetings to you all!
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 12:46:33 PM
Dear Backers,
November greetings to you all,
Just a small update to say that we have streamlined our reward levels and changed the reward descriptions to reduce confusion for new backers. All pricing still remains the same so it doesn't affect your pledges!
We didn't realize the issue until someone complained how difficult it is to actually back one Enyware. Not to mention the confusing Currency values at the end (S$ Singapore Dollar VS $ US Dollar). Many apoologies for this and this is why we love communicating with our backers.
So we are very grateful for your patience and support in backing us. This new change should make it easier for new backers to support Enyware.
By the way, do you know Enyware was originally meant for aircraft factories? After making LEX, we were invited to adapt our bionic chair for workers in the aerospace industries. After interviewing workers though, they told us the big problems come from bending their back soldering wires and assembling panels all day.
The Original Enyware looks like this.
Not so sexy huh? The story of how Enyware turns out like this is a story into itself, maybe we will talk about it in the next update.
