intended to be used to monitor the sleep state of the user using actigraphy . it would connect to the user s mobile phone via bluetooth to record sleep data and to signal the phone to wake them in the lightest phase of sleep within the 20 minute window prior the desired alarm time . 1 it also had a suite of online tools to help people maximize the efficiency of their sleep and improve their sleep quality . 2 the wakemate project was delayed multiple times which caused some backers in the project to pull out before the device had even shipped . 3 4 the product eventually shipped to a limited number of backers . however the launch was plagued by a usb charger recall and compatibility issues with android . 5 contents 1 perfect third 2 end of production ceasing of business 3 usb charger recall 4 references 5 external links perfect third edit perfect third inc. type private founded december 2009 headquarters san francisco california usa key people greg nemeth co founder arun gupta co founder craig lewiston ph.d. tom davis website www.wakemate.com perfect third inc. is a consumer electronics company founded in december 2009 by arun gupta a yale university student and greg nemeth a columbia university student . they were joined shortly thereafter by craig lewiston who had recently earned his doctorate from the harvard mit division of health sciences and technology and tom davis a seasoned startup veteran who previously ran ticketstumbler . located in san francisco ca the company received seed funding from y combinator which allowed them to launch their first product the wakemate . competing products to the wakemate include the axbo alarm clock the sleeptracker wristwatch and the zeo personal sleep coach . end of production ceasing of business edit on june 27 2012 arun gupta stated the following in a blog post ... as many of you have guessed we have exhausted our capital and will no longer be making any more wakemates . currently our plan is to keep the service going while we work on open sourcing the technology . hopefully this will ensure that you can continue to enjoy the product and its benefits even after the company no longer exists 6 usb charger recall edit after a report that the usb charger brick included in the first shipment of wakemates spontaneously burst into flames perfect third inc. recalled all usb charger bricks and warned its customers by email and phone not to use them . 7 references edit yc funded wakemate helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye . techcrunch . wakemate helps you sleep smarter with your iphone . gizmodo . http techcrunch.com 2010 07 06 wakemate delay shipping . missing or empty title help https news.ycombinator.com item id 1071456 . missing or empty title help http jamie3d.com wakemate review . missing or empty title help gupta arum june 27 2012 . wakemate update . retrieved june 28 2012 . mg siegler december 31 2010 . wakemate warns users of major safety issue with product after one bursts into flames . techcrunch . retrieved january 4 2011 . external links edit wakemate s official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wakemate & oldid 647133980 categories privately held companies based in californiasleepactivity trackershidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 18 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view