| 词条 | Bluesmart |
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| name = Bluesmart Inc. | logo = Bluesmart Company Logo.png | image = | image_size = | type = Private | industry = Smart Luggage | foundation = {{start date and age|2013}} | defunct = {{end date|2018|5|1}} | founders = Tomi Pierucci, Diego Saez-Gil, Alejo Verlini | location_city = New York City, United States | area_served = Worldwide | homepage = {{URL|http://bluesmart.com}} }}Bluesmart Inc. was a global travel technology company that developed and produced Internet of Things travel products. The brand launched a carry-on suitcase, the Bluesmart One, on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo in 2014.[1] The campaign raised $2.2 million USD in contributions and became the highest crowdfunding project ever for a travel product at that time.[2] On May 1, 2018, Bluesmart Inc. announced they would be shutting down operations, due to a ban by major US airlines on smart luggage with non-removable batteries.[3] The company's intellectual property was sold to Travelpro and the company's products will no longer be supported.[4] HistoryCrowdfunding campaignIn October 2014, the company launched its first product on Indiegogo, asking for support of their campaign - offering pre-orders of their product as rewards.[5] The company met its goal in 2 hours and broke records in the Hardware category by pre-selling 10,000 units to 114 countries and collecting more than $2.2 million USD in contributions.[6] In November 2014, while their extended Indiegogo campaign was still ongoing, the company was selected by Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator Y Combinator to be part of its program.[7] Production of the first smart carry-OnAfter Bluesmart Inc.'s manufacturing prototype passed its first reliability tests in June 2015, they set up a Mass Production division and local team in China which quickly grew to 15 employees.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} Bluesmart Inc. began shipping what would be known as the Bluesmart One in August 2015.[8] ProductsIn late 2015, the brand released Bluesmart One.[9] In 2016, the brand released the premium Bluesmart Black Edition carry-on. {{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} In June 2017, Bluesmart Inc. introduced its Series 2 products including the Bluesmart Cabin, Check, Laptop Bag and Passport Pouch.[10] Bluesmart Inc. was awarded the Red Dot Best of the Best Design Award category.[11] See also
References1. ^https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/20/bluesmart-connected-luggage-indiegogo-campaign/ 2. ^http://www.tnooz.com/article/how-bluesmart-became-most-successful-crowdfunding-ever/ 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/1/17306410/smart-luggage-ban-bluesmart-shutdown-refunds|title=Bluesmart shuts down after airlines ban smart luggage|last=O'Kane|first=Sean|date=1 May 2018|work=The Verge|access-date=1 May 2018|publisher=Vox Media}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/01/bluesmart-sells-assets-to-travelpro-following-smart-luggage-ban/|title=Bluesmart sells assets to Travelpro following smart luggage ban|last=Heater|first=Brian|date=1 May 2018|work=TechCrunch|access-date=1 May 2018}} 5. ^https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/17/bluesmart-indiegogo/ 6. ^https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bluesmart-world-s-first-smart-connected-carry-on/x/8655534 7. ^https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/23/yc-backed-bluesmart-raises-2-million-for-its-self-tracking-suitcase/ 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://oooo.bluesmart.com/2015/09/01/our-most-important-milestone-so-far-we-started-to-ship/|title=Our Most Important Milestone So Far: We Started to Ship!|publisher=Bluesmart|accessdate=2015-08-31}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bluesmart-world-s-first-smart-connected-carry-on#/updates/all|title=Bluesmart: World's First Smart, Connected Carry-On|last=|first=|date=November 20, 2015|website=Indiegogo|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 12, 2018}} 10. ^https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bluesmart-series-2-smart-luggage-system-travel/ 11. ^http://red-dot.de/pd/online-exhibition/work/?lang=en&code=15-01401-2016&y=2016&c=169&a=0 External links
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