Ransomly | "Space For Humanity" beacon to create app-free spaces

Ransomly in France

Zack Prager, the founder of Ransomly will be presenting Space For Humanity and talking about positive tech & digital well-being.

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Reclaim the dinner table

The beacon is a unique, creative way to teach kids about the importance of unplugging and connecting on a personal level with the family. And when the unplugging is automatic through technology, you don't have to constantly remind your children to put away their phones.

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Create a space To Connect

Help us create more quiet spaces and put an end to “phubbing”

In today’s “always-on” world, we need more than four physical walls to create a safe, quiet space to connect. We now need digital walls too. That's why we created Ransomly, a bluetooth beacon and app that blocks apps in any room – whether at home, school or the office.

Our first product, the Bluetooth beacon, is called Space For Humanity. We believe it is time to intentionally create spaces to unplug automatically and connect with those around you.

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Beacon in actoin

How it works

Bluetooth Beacon

When you have the Ransomly app installed on your Android phone and you are in range of a Ransomly Beacon, the home screen will be locked. It's perfect for dining rooms, bedrooms, classrooms or wherever you want to create a space to connect with those around you. When your IOS phone comes in range, it will receive a notification to put away your phone.
Android

Our beacon will work perfectly with most Android phones. It will make the home screen inaccessible when it comes in range of our beacon.

6.5 hours/day

BBC News reported that 6.5 hours/day of screen time is the average amount of time spent on screens by 5 to 16 year olds

13% addicted

13 % addicted to their phone according to a study conducted by the University of Derby.