Sold out in the UK and funded within 1 hour
April 28, 2022
Well, that went better than expected! Yesterday I launched the crowdfunding campaign for the Nest Box Live smart nest box and integration app via Kickstarter.
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A smart nest box that notifies you whenever there is activity inside, records the footage and live streams to social media
Outstanding quality
An 8-megapixel 1080p HD camera shows birds in wonderful detail
Never miss a visit
Automatically record every single visit and play them back when you like
A world-wide network
Enjoy watching other live cameras on the Nest Box Live platform
Notifications
The nest box that lets you know when birds are inside
Insights
Smart data helps you understand the behaviour of birds visiting your nest box
Intelligent sensors
Stream realtime temperature data straight to your smart phone, collect information on behaviour patterns and track what species have visited.
Image recognition
A custom trained artificial intelligence network can identify what feathered friends are inside. The Nest Box Live network gets smarter with each classification
Digital microphone
A digital MEMS microphone provides crystal clear audio so you can hear the wonderful sounds. No more buzzing nest box microphones!
Notifications
Receive a notification directly to your smart phone each time there is a visitor in your nest box. No more staring at empty empty screen.
LED illumination
Visible and infrared LEDs illuminate inside the nest box which improves camera footage. All automatically controlled when the sunsets/rises
Conservation data
Our community of nest boxes collect data so we can build an international database of bird breeding patterns and populations for researchers
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7 Days Until Launch, Price Announced and more!
April 20, 2022
Introduction First of all, I’d like to thank the 300 plus people who are currently following the pre-launch page on Kickstarter. If you are not
How Shipping will Work
April 11, 2022
The countdown is on, with only 16 days until we launch on Kickstarter. I know it’s not a very exciting topic, but it’s essential to
Import Taxes and Local Sales Tax Per Country
April 7, 2022
For the benefit of backers of the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, I have compiled a list of countries and their taxes for goods being imported. Nest
200 Followers on Pre-Launch Page
March 16, 2022
It’s been a whole month since launching the Kickstarter prelaunch page, and I am delighted to announce that it has reached 200 followers. These people
Kickstarter Pre Launch Page is Live!
February 16, 2022
Well, it’s been quite a feat to get to this stage, but I am delighted to announce that the Kickstarter pre-launch page is now live.
Frequently asked questions
Nest Box Live is a revolutionary ‘smart’ nest box system that has an 8 megapixel camera and is connected to the Internet. It has many features such as a smartphone App, the ability to live stream the camera feed to social media and sensors to monitor temperature and other conservation data.
Power and data are provided by a single Ethernet network cable that can be up to 100m long. That cable must be connected to your broadband router. If a wired connection to your router is not possible, all models of Powerline adapters are compatible that can provide a wired Internet connection using your home’s power sockets.
No, and there is a simple reason for this. To have a good Wi-Fi connection for a high definition camera system like this, you would need to be within 5-10 meters of your wireless router to have a stable and uninterrupted connection. There are many nest box camera systems on the market that advertise ‘Wi-Fi compatible’ but these are susceptible to drop outs.
There is an App that can run on almost all smartphones, iPads, iPhones, Android devices and web browsers. Everything is controlled via the App.
Prior to being on general sale, we will be launching a Crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to set up production. This is a first generation product of its kind and getting it from the prototype stage to full production is quite a challenge for new startup companies like ourselves. We are aiming to launch the campaign towards the end of 2021.
A crowdfunding platform that is built for creative projects like this. If people like a project, they can pledge money to back it and make it happen. If the project reaches its target funding goal, then all backers’ credit cards are charged at the deadline. Kickstarter is based on an all or nothing principle, which means that if the funding falls short of the goal, then none of the backers’ cards are charged.
Yes of course it is safe. Backers are only charged if and when the Crowdfunding goal is reached, if the goal is never reached then no money is taken from your account. If for whatever reason we are unable to deliver the product after that, you will receive a full refund.
Once the Crowdfunding campaign has ended (and we hopefully reach our target!) We estimate it will take between 12-18 months to set up production and get the product shipped to the first customers. This is not like other large online retailers where you order and receive the next day.
At the moment, there is a single person running this product and they take care of development, hardware design, programming, social media and much more! We are anticipating that the team will grow as this project moves forward. If you would like to work for us then please drop us an email!