Mistakes can be, well, pests. They can cause serious damage inside homes and buildings, and can also wreak havoc on outdoor crops and plants. The amount of chaos and calamity these little guys can cause is directly related to one factor: how many of them there are.
Most people don't realize they have a bug problem until there are enough of them to cause noticeable damage to homes, furniture, or wildlife. And when they do, the problem may have already become a little unwieldy.
That's exactly the type of situation Spotta hopes to avoid. Using sensors, the startup's small devices work to detect the first insects so people can get rid of pests before there is an infestation.
“This is a sector that hasn't innovated for decades,” Robert Fryers, the company's co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch+. “Nothing has changed. People look at plastic buckets and cling paper, and surely technology can help with this. Catch it early before you need a lot of chemicals.”
Spotta's small devices attract insects inside, identify them and send images of the insects to their users, Fryers explained. For these types of products to scale, he said, it is key that the devices are small, cheap and require very little maintenance.
