Uma usuvele unaye u-Tim Cook njengomtshali-zimali ngaphambi kokungena emkhankasweni we-Kickstarter, kungenzeka ukuthi usuvele umnqobile ezandleni zakho. Okungenani, lokhu kube yindaba yeqembu lama-aficionados eshawa ashisekayo asebevele benza i-splash ku-Kickstarter nge- I-Nebia Shower.
Liholwa yi-CEO u-Philip Winter, okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwangaphambilini ekuqaleni kokwakha izindlu zangasese ezingenamanzi emazweni asathuthuka kwanikeza isisekelo sokuhola imikhiqizo yokonga amanzi, ithimba le-Nebia Shower lenze isistimu yokugeza eyenza amanzi abe izigidi zamaconsi amancane adala kude. ukuqhuma kwamanzi okusebenza kahle kakhulu kunezinhlelo ezikhona - okukhulu ngokuphindwe kashumi uma kucacisiwe (futhi banemiphumela yokuhlola yokuyisekela). Nakuba ukwenza isifutho samanzi esisebenza kahle kuyinto eyodwa, ithimba likwazile ukwenza kanjalo ngenkathi yonga kufika ku-70% wamanzi avame ukusetshenziswa ezinhlelweni zekhanda leshawa yendabuko (abangakwazi futhi ukwenza isipele).
Njengoba ineminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu ithuthukiswa, inkampani isisebenzise ubuchwepheshe obuningi bobunjiniyela be-aerospace ukusiza ukuthuthukisa umgogodla wesistimu yabo yeshawa ezifakela yona ngokugcwele, ubuchwepheshe be-H2MICRO™. Ubuchwepheshe besistimu ye-nozzle ethuthukisiwe esalindwe yilungelo lobunikazi buye bathonywa ingxenye ethile ngabahlohli abavela kumarokhethi asemkhathini futhi buye bachazwa abanye abasebenzisi njengokuzizwa “njengokungena efwini elifudumele”.
Esikhathini esiningi seminyaka emihlanu yokuthuthukiswa, ama-prototypes asebenzayo esistimu yeshawa ayekhona njengenhlanganisela ehlukahlukene yamapayipi e-PVC ashintshiwe. Ngosizo oluvela Ibhokisi Clever, inkampani encane yokuklama imboni eyakhiwe i-fuseproject alumni ka-Yves Béhar i-Bret Recor kanye no-Seth Murray, ithimba le-Nebia liguqule ama-prototypes alo amadala enze lokho ngokungangabazeki okungenye yezinhlelo zeshawa ezisebenziseka kalula nezibukeka kahle kakhulu owake wazibona.
“Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, sasinombono: ukuklama ishawa esezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu esebenzisa amanzi amancane kakhulu,” kusho inkampani.
“Senze inqwaba yama-prototypes futhi senze abantu abangaphezu kuka-500 bahlole i-Nebia. Sizame ukucupha okuningi nokuguquguqukayo sisebenzisa ukufunda okuningi esikuzuzile endleleni.”
Phakathi namahora angu-24 ethulwe ku-Kickstarter, inkampani entsha isivele ikhuphule cishe isigidi esingu-$1 ngomgomo wokuqala ka-$100K kanye nezinsuku ezingu-29 ezisele ukuze kuqhutshwe umkhankaso wabo. Ngokuvumelana ne-tracker yomkhankaso wokusiza abantu abaningi u-Kicktraq, i-Nebia injalo ethungatha imali ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyi-15 zamaRandi ekupheleni komkhankaso wabo ngezinga labo lamanje loxhaso. Uma kuqhathaniswa, I-Cooler Epholile iqoqe ngaphezudlwana kuka-$13 million ngesikhathi ibhidliza amarekhodi e-Kickstarter ngonyaka odlule.
Yize sebevele bathengisile kubakaki babo bokuqala bomvuzo, labo abanentshisekelo bangayithola bathenge olwabo uhlelo lweNebia ngama- $299 ngesikhathi somkhankaso ngaphambi kokuthi aphinde athenge u-$399 ngo-2016.
