We’re in China!

March 07, 2016

In mid-January of 2016, the HabitAware team traveled from our Minnesota headquarters to Asia to participate in HAX. HAX is a hardware startup accelerator program in the heart of the manufacturing capital of the world, Shenzhen, China. HAX has a very small acceptance rate so we are honored to be chosen. HAX provides expertise and mentorship on all the various aspects of making a smart physical product – including hardware manufacturing production, design, certification, software development, packaging and more. 

We are here through May 2016 to take the prototypes we’ve been making to the next level: effective, beautiful and ready-to-wear bands to help you break your BFRB habit.

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