Kokoon

CASE STUDY

Using technology to produce

the worlds first sleep sensing headphones
The hectic pace of modern day living has left many people suffering from sleep depriva-
tion. One sufferer Tim Antos combined his knowledge of technology with expert advice
from colleagues working at Imperial College, London to design the Kokoon headphone. The
technology adapts to you and your environment, learning what helps you rest and relax.

As a CEO of a start-up, Tim, knew that such a so-

phisticated technology would require experienced
partners to help his vision become a reality. He
chose PGS Software to help develop the mobile ap-
plication that is the centre of the system.

I needed to secure the services of a compa-

ny that could deliver high quality software
in a relatively short space of time. This is a

very complex project and one that would
require the utmost attention to detail. PGS
Softwares pedigree in the field of mobile
applications is very impressive so for me
they were a great choice for this work
says Tim.

Audio is one of the most effective ways to help us

relax and switch off naturally. The technology in the
headphones accurately tracks how deeply you are
sleeping using both movement and its built in EEG
sensors to measure tiny voltages from the brain to
understand individual sleep patterns. This informa-
tion is fed to your smartphone app to give a nightly
sleep score. The data is then used to identify how
the technology can improve your sleep.
Tim explains
The headphone is the first of its kind in the
world. As you can imagine, the software
behind this technology is extremely sophis-
ticated. The project therefore required a
team that can think out of the box and the
PGS Software team provided us with new
concepts that we integrated into the overall
solution.

Improving sleep requires very accurate

monitoring. The PGS Software team were
instrumental in integrating the mobile appli-
cation for both IOS and Android devices
with the Application Programming Interface
(API) that processed the EEG data. They
used DevOps methodology to accelerate
the development of the system and it was a
great success as they were able to develop
the mobile app and the back end service in
parallel. They produced continuous sprints
of high quality software, generating working
models during the project. Testing is always
an important part of any software applica-
tion and the PGS Software team carried out
the testing working in conjunction with my
own in-house team to ensure that all work
complied with our strict standards.

The PGS Software team was also involved with

developing the look of the mobile app.

Good communication is key in any success-

ful project and this is an area that the PGS
Software team excelled in. Weekly meetings
were held with my members of my team to
ensure that the project was on schedule

Tim continues.
Thanks to the dedication and hard work of
the PGS Software team, Kokoon now has
a robust back-end system for handling the
myriad of information from the end user
that it receives.

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