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While You Were Trying To Get Some Sleep On The Bus…
Someone stole your bag, kids sitting next seat were screaming, the nap in the bus sucked and now you have a muscle pull in the neck! Ah so many reasons, but the situation still remains unresolved; how do you catch your forty winks during a commute? Easy, you need a Napper! It’s a set of comfy hooded shawl with concealed earphones (that work with Bluetooth), combined with a Bluetooth lock for your luggage, and NapApp. Intrigued? Hit the jump for more info…
- Napper aims especially at sleeping in public transport.
- It consists of a hood, whose padding makes it comfortable to lean against window panes.
- It‘s wide cut and the scarf make it possible for you to shield yourself from the environment and create your own private cocoon.
- Bluetooth headphones are integrated in the hood, which, together with software for the mobile phone, provide sound to fall asleep with.
- The entire system is foldable into a compact bag and can be easily used for daily commuting as well as for longer.
- The hood‘s inlay is padded with 3Mesh material, which has a soft cushioning effect and high shock absorption against the vibrating windows.
- On the outer side of the headphones is covered in Sorbothane, a plastic foil which has noise absorbing properties.
- Inside the hood, Napcap‘are integrated Bluetooth headphones which, together with the traveler’s mobile phone, play music, send the wake-up alarm and the warning signal, in case the traveler’s luggage is moved.
- The headphones can easily be taken out of the hood, when you want to wash it.
- Small LED lights on the headphones give information about the remaining battery life and Bluetooth connection. The headphones lithium-polymer-battery is charged via USB, which is integrated in the headphone and can simply be plugged into your computer. There is also a mini-jack on the headphones, if you want to use them with a device which doesn’t support Bluetooth.
- To ensure a carefree sleep, the hood NapCap comes together with the luggage lock NapSecure. It doesn‘t only lock your luggage, but is connect to your mobile phone via Bluetooth. If the luggage should be moved away from its owner further than one meter, he will be warned by an alarm on his headphones, his mobile phone and the lock itself.
- The lock can be opened by using your mobile phone, but also through a mechanical lock, in case your battery is low or your phone is lost.
- The Bluetooth lock is charged, same as the headphones, using an integrated USB port. The luggage lock and the headphones communicate via Bluetooth with the software NapApp which can be installed as well on touchscreen as on keyboard mobile phones.
- Next to the control of the luggage lock, it contains a alarm clock which helps to wake up at according to your preferred time, location (if the mobile supports GPS) or sleep stage. With the help of a reaction game, which should be played directly after waking up, the software analyses how recreational your nap was and whether or not you should shorten or extend your next nap. Furthermore the software has a build in voice recorder, to capture the ideas you have just before dozing off.
Designer: Simone Wittmann
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23 Comments »
Hage says
I want this!
Where can I get it? It looks like it’s a finished project.
Inma says
great idea, I want one!
Sofía says
I really, really want it!!! Where, where can I buy it????
Sofía says
I really, really want it!!! Where, where can I buy it????
Jenz says
awesome product and design!!!
Masha says
Hmmm. If I tried using this where I live, it would go like this:
Just as I was dropping off, some one would steal my bag. The “luggage lock” would set the alarm of via my cellphone, and they would turn back and collect my phone as well…
Simone says
Thanks for all the compliments! Unfortunately it’s not produced yet, but in case you now some interested companies, let me know!
@Masha: Sorry ’bout that. Where do you live???
Masha says
@ Simone
I live in Cape Town. I generally try not to sleep on public transport
Hunter says
Amazingly well thought out concept.. not sure if there’s enough demand, but I could see this as a product.
Sean says
It’s called a hoodie. Unless you are going to add some more padding, there is no reason for anyone who has a hooded sweatshirt to use this over what they currently have. Consider marketing to kids whose parents want them to sleep on car rides. Otherwise, just make a hoodie with the additional padding, that way it wouldn’t be weird to carry around.
Simone says
the padding actually does a pretty good job, just the way it is right now. because of the way i put the seams on it, it just doesn’t look that fat and akward. and there’s of course no padding in the part overlapping your face, just on the sides and the back where you would actually lean on.
hector says
I LOVE IT
i’m constantly using public transport and this would be a life changer.
i would love for it to be produced for real!
it would be amazing
Mariko says
Why it’s not produced yet???
I want it!!!!
;_;
Jessi says
I really hope you find a company to produce this. I know so many people who would love to have one and would be willing to spend a good chunk of change on it. There are so many frequent travelers (both short term commuters and long distance business/personal travelers) that would benefit.
Stephan says
In general I’m not really font of WT concept, but this one I like a lot. @sean Why this is better than integration in a hoody? Simple enough, noone will wear the same hoody every day, so you’d either have to buy a whole range of hoodies with this pad integrated or you’d have this with you only once in a while. This NapCap on the other hand you can take with you as an accessory every day.
Great concept Simone, hope you’ll get a company to get this to market!
kei says
good idea!
But, how do you defend people from coping it?
Say people in China, especially they get some competitive advantage by offering way lower price?
Shaun Marshall says
This is so cute bluetooth models.
Shaun Marshall says
This is so cute bluetooth models.
Jes says
It would get knocked off, but so did the snuggie. Whomever may be interested probably is already involved in the off shore manufacturing process. Otherwise, it would be marketable as Made in the USA. This is a fantastic idea. You could have the alarm/lock/headphones be optional to appeal to a broader pricing spectrum. Wish this were out for the holidays and winter – sigh. It really had my hopes up!
Jes says
It would get knocked off, but so did the snuggie. Whomever may be interested probably is already involved in the off shore manufacturing process. Otherwise, it would be marketable as Made in the USA. This is a fantastic idea. You could have the alarm/lock/headphones be optional to appeal to a broader pricing spectrum. Wish this were out for the holidays and winter – sigh. It really had my hopes up!
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