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At our company we have built a device which monitors your stove with an IR sensor and has an alarm for dangerous situations [0]. It does some processing on the sensor data - if it detects a dangerous situation it beeps loudly and sends you a text/call in case you are out. It can also guide you through recipes, currently there's only a small handful though [2].

We aren't entirely sure how to market it successfully though (there's an alternative landing page [1]), and the chip shortage is also affecting our ability to manufacture.

[0] https://mypippa.me/

[1] https://mypippa.me/pippa-saves/

[2] https://recipes.mypippa.me/




Nice idea for a product… one small piece of feedback from is is that whenever I see Kickstarter it is a big off switch for me.

I see it as a red flag for a product that may never actually launch.

Show me the product and let me order


Thanks for that feedback - the product is basically ready to go, the reason for Kickstarter was to get pre-orders to get enough capital to pay for a larger manufacturing run. Of course, it's quite possible to take pre-orders without using Kickstarter, so that may be a better route.




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