Parks PointsSleep Tech Solutions a Key Theme at CES 2018
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Jennifer Kent |
If you spent any time in the Sands Convention Center—part of CES 2018’s Tech West exhibition—you couldn’t miss the explosion of companies offering sleep solutions this year. From startups to established companies like Philips and Nokia, everyone wants to capture a piece of this market. Form factors on display include smart mattresses, sensor strips that slip underneath sheets, smart pillows, smart sensors that clip on pillows, smart sensors that clip on clothes, bed-side monitors that detect sleep, and a range of headsets.
Parks Associates data reveals that 45% of consumers get insufficient sleep; more than 25% severely lack sleep. Sleep tracking features of smart watches and The next phase of sleep tech will take much greater strides to help consumers actually improve sleep, through integration with other products and more comprehensive data sources. Products showcased can detect room temperature, humidity, noise levels, and room darkness, or incorporate that data from other connected home products. Strangely, many companies are taking a proprietary ecosystem approach, pulling in wide sources of data only from their own branded devices—yet, consumers are unlikely to acquire sleep tracking devices, smart lights, smart thermostats and other connected home devices all from the same company. If the sleep tech market can learn anything from the larger smart home market it’s that third-party integration is where complicated scene-based use cases are made possible. By next CES I expect sleep-tech providers that have partnered to be the ones left standing. Companies to Watch:
Jennifer KentVice President, Research INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. |