About Us
Calming busy brains
We take this unnecessary thinking with us to bed, we sleep less and we are tired the next day. Day after day, night after night, this can easily turn into a negative snow ball effect resulting in insomnia, or worse, anxiety or depression.
The importance of sleep, blah, blah...
We can't explain why this is. There is some sadistic pleasure about it. We'd rather watch a good TV show instead of going to bed a little earlier. We dabble into healthy foods and sleep occasionally and hope for the best.
How Drowsie is helping the world
Drowsie is a very simple tool that allows you to do this. It lets you listen to sounds that you like, completely privately. So you actually enjoy going to bed every night.
How Drowsie Came To Be
Lack of sleep causes us to feel:
Tired
Angry
Frustrated
Unsatisfied
Irritable
The list goes on...
We asked ourselves this question:
"How do we improve sleep so that we spend more time in the day feeling positive?"
We explored a variety of ideas including mattresses, cooling weighted blankets, guiding ceiling lights etc.
We learned that the ONE THING that truly helps to fall asleep is sleeping sounds at bedtime.
This is why apps like Calm and Headspace have boomed in recent times.
There was ONE PROBLEM. There was no means to consume these sounds comfortably and privately in bed.
So we got to work.
After months of research, we found a solution in the form of a wireless speaker. We knew the following was non-negotiable:
Thin and extremely comfortable under the pillow
Silent enough so that the person next to you can't hear it
A battery that lasts all night long
Easy integration with all sleeping apps
We created and tested over 20 different prototypes including 3D printed plastic enclosures.
We share with you our journey of how Drowsie came to be.
Angled 'flaps' that are designed to 'spread' the sound to cover more pillow area
We explored many different fabrics and we finally found the perfect fabric for Drowsie.
Comfortable
Appropriate texture
Looks like it belongs in the bedroom
So we got to work. Again.
First test with the new fabric. Prior to this, we had a general idea of what Drowsie needed to look like
Final version of Drowsie...