Bumblebee is a San Francisco company founded by former Apple and Tesla engineers that manufactures automated systems for homes. Using a tablet, a smartphone or even a voice command, a living room can quickly be transformed into a bedroom, with everything you need coming down from the ceiling. The system is smart enough to locate what you might need and only drop the drawer where the item or dress is located.
It is a little technological magic that allows you to significantly increase the space available, even in the few small apartments like this one located in Harlem, in a residential complex called The Smile. In addition to the robotic living room, there is a small kitchen and a mini bathroom.
The rent for an apartment like this is $ 2,663 a month. Sankarshan Murthy, CEO and founder of Bumblebee, says the company’s mission is to create efficient and affordable spaces. You’re not paying for two or three rooms that you don’t use all the time, you’re getting those rooms whenever you have them. need.