((PKG)) SMART THERMOMETER
((Banner: A Smart Thermometer))
((Reporter: Michelle Quinn))
((Camera: Deana Mitchell))
((Map: United States / California / San Francisco))
((NATS))
Now, open. Good
((INDER SINGH, CEO, KINSA))
How do we help someone at the first sign or symptom that they’re getting ill. How do we help them respond? You grab a thermometer. That’s the only product that exists to confirm illness. Let’s turn a thermometer into a communication device.
((NITA NEHRU, SPOKESPERSON, KINSA))
Imagine that it is the middle of the night and I am fast asleep in bed when my three year old daughter Anya comes into the room charging and she is wailing. The first thing I do is take out my Kinsa thermometer and I take her temperature. She didn’t have a fever today, but in the case that she does have a fever, can someone give you a little bit of guidance? This is actually a real school group where you can see that several children are sick and that there’s flu or strep throat going around. So, I’m a little bit more concerned and I take my child to the doctor the next day.
((SARAH PILEWSKI, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, KINSA))
If you are a business that is in the healthcare service industry or perhaps you are selling remedies for those that are falling ill, it can help me understand where I need to stock shelves.
((INDER SINGH, CEO, KINSA))
You can aggregate that up and give it to businesses. There’s a number of cough cold companies, disinfectant companies. Orange juice sales spike in the context of illness. Toothbrushes are most often purchased after an illness, a new toothbrush. They want to know when and where illness is striking on a general geolocation basis because they can do digital marketing because they can do inventory planning.
((SARAH PILEWSKI, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, KINSA))
Pulling in the real time illness information across the United States, you see the same plain states at the top of the list, but the Southeast is actually an area to watch. That’s where we’re seeing the greatest pace of change.
((NATS))
You want to play bubbles?
((INDER SINGH, CEO, KINSA))
So, we’ve got over a million users out there, spread across about 500 thousand households. We get about 25 thousand temperature readings per day and that allows us to know where and when an illness is spreading faster and more accurately than pretty much anyone out there.
