The startup project Smart Bed developed by a group of students from Duy Tan University has bagged the third prize in the 2020 Viet Nam's National Startup Competition which was co-hosted by the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), and the Business Forum Newspaper.

A member of the Duy Tan University group making an oral presentation on the Smart Bed

The product is the joint brainchild owned by five dedicated students, namely Phan Van Thinh and Le Thi Thu Ngan from the Faculty of Business Administration, Nguyen Truong Nhat Tan majoring in the General Practitioner, and Le Nguyen Van Duong and Phan Trung Hieu from the Faculty of Electricity - Electronics.

The smart bed is designed with such main features as automatically popping up/ folding the mosquito net depending on the user's sleep/wake state, and measuring and reporting health parameters, including heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature and blood pressure.

Also, the bed can gather data about how the user is sleeping and offer tips on how to self-adjust for better sleep.

In particular, this product can give timely warnings against persistent abnormalities, and the symptoms of sleep apnea which can increase the risk of sudden cardiac death.

In addition to having won the aforementioned prize, the Smart Bed has been selected to compete in the forthcoming Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) 2021, the world's largest startup competition.

Previously, this project had won second prize in a municipal-level contest to seek creative startup ideas held by the city Youth Union in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology.

By P.LAN – Translated by A.T