Wed Nov 13 '19 Announcement
about 5 years ago
– Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:57:43 AM
Hey Backers!
We’ve been hard at work with the latest prototype batch, getting our tests done so we can send units in for certification and start shipping. We’ve made some great progress this month that we’re excited to share!
The T0 units have brought to light some tweaks, that we’ve diagnosed and implemented to prepare for mass production. We’ll be assembling more units incorporating these changes over the next weeks, to send in for certification in December. We’re still on track to ship our first batch in January.
Read on to learn more about the upper band fabric, the color matching, the electronics jigs, the ANC tuning, the Bluetooth data transfer, and more!
You can read the full update on our blog. As always, feel free to share your thoughts and excitement in the comments, and we’ll answer each one over the next few days.
Our team’s hard at work to keep up with our January shipping timeline – we still expect that we’ll be able to get our first batch out before Chinese New Year. Until next time, lots of love!
Fri Oct 4 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 01:43:43 PM
Hey Backers!
The day has arrived – the tooling parts are in! We’re excited to share a lot of pictures this update of the parts we’ve received and the units we’ve been able to assemble from them.
Our tooling has arrived! We’ve completed the T0 batch of parts, which we used for part-level validation, and some ergonomics testing. You can see the pictures below – the parts look great! A few tweaks are required before the next batch, which we describe below.
We talk a little bit below about what’s involved in this first batch. The next batch (T1) will be 40 units, created later this month, which will be full-unit verification. If all goes well, the following batch of 50 units will be used for certification (~4 weeks), followed by a batch of 100-200 which will ship in January.
We’d also love your feedback on instruction manuals (bolded in the post), so let us know what you think!
Fri Aug 30 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 01:54:25 PM
Hey Backers!
Throughout August, our factory has been working on cutting the moulds. During this time, we’ve been hard at work in Montreal on the electronics, the app, and planning for our launch.
In this update we’ll focus on the electronics progress, and the current state of the app. You can check out the update on our blog!
The moulds are currently being cut for our first mass production batch – this process started earlier this month, and will take 40 business days. We’ll start receiving parts late next month, which will form the DV batch. More details about our timelines for this process are described below.
In parallel, we’ve received and tested our electronics batch, and it’s looking great. We shared some pictures of the complete full electronics stack, as well as our electronics specifications.
Finally, we’ve made progress in the app, implementing a goal-setting feature for forming a habit around deep work. I also share some insight I got about my own productivity last week, amidst lots of meetings.
We want to build as much value into our deep work sessions as possible, so that you can gain deep insight into your focus and productivity. I’d love to get your feedback on this: what information other than focus levels would you like to track in your deep work sessions?
You can read the more detailed update on our blog. Feel free to share your comments or questions below. In particular, we’d love your feedback on the app question highlighted in bold above, to help guide us in making the app experience as useful as possible.
Take care, and lots of love,
Tue Jun 4 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 11:24:09 AM
Hey Backers!
This past month has been busy on both fronts, with the hardware team working on getting the tooling going and the software team working on our new UI. We’re really excited to share with you our progress.
You can follow this link to get to the update on our blog.
The hardware team spent this month finalizing a few electronics changes, and negotiating the mass production terms with our factory. This negotiation is the necessary evil, to make sure that we’re spending your money wisely. This took longer than expected unfortunately – as a result we’re current expecting to receive the DV batch in July.
In parallel the software team has done some incredible work with the latest UX overhaul, bringing all the features together in a very seamless package. We also started 4 more neuro-adaptive music tracks, which will ship with the app. We’ve described the app UI thoroughly below for your enjoyment!
You can check out the full update on our blog.
Please share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments, and let us know what you think about the app. We’re working on implementing these changes into the alpha version as we speak, so any feedback to guide our developers is appreciated!
We’ll keep you posted with pictures of the hardware production as it moves along on social media and here on our blog. Until next time!
Lots of love,
- The Mindset Team
