Team 10: Sova

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SOVA is the world’s first chronotype-based desk lamp that successfully integrates aroma therapy, schedule-based lighting, and white noise emittance into one system. It is controlled by an app (currently available for Android, soon to be expanded to iOS devices) that helps users stay awake during the day and feel sleepy at night. Specifically, SOVA’s three key features are:

Aromatherapy that releases essential oils of the user’s choice into the surrounding room that gets users prepared and energized for the next day or helps induce deeper sleep.
Schedule-based lighting that changes to best suit customers’ needs according to their chronotype, or ones’ natural inclination to sleep at a certain time2. Users have the ability to choose from four chronotype-based schedules, so the light will change accordingly from energizing white light during the day to melatonin inducing orange light at night to best prepare users for a restful night.
White noise emittance that plays a soothing sound to mask distracting background noise and relax the brain by giving it a sound to focus on instead of intrusive thoughts.