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Acoustic thermometry
Your thermostat reads one spot on the wall. Gene reads the room with sound.
Two Gene Scouts are designed to pass a quick ping of sound across your room. Sound is a little slower in cooler air, so the timing can show how warm the middle of the room is, not just the wall.
No credit card. Ships early 2027.
How it works
Sound is the thermometer.
Acoustic thermometry, in three steps.
1
Ping
One Scout sends a short ping of sound, above the range of human hearing.
2
Listen
The other Scout times it, straight across and off the floor and ceiling, while the first hears its own echoes. Then they swap. Sound is slower in cool air, so every path tells a temperature.
3
Map
About once a minute, Gene is designed to turn those timings into a temperature map of the air between the two Scouts, from floor to ceiling.
See the room
A room is never one temperature.
Each square is a pocket of air between two Scouts: orange where it is warmer than the room's average, grey where it is cooler. See how the middle of the room compares with the walls, and how it changes from floor to head height.
Inside Gene Scout
What's inside a Scout.
The parts a Scout is built around, on one prototype board.
- Ultrasonic transducer: sends the ping and listens for it
- Temperature + humidity sensor: a reference reading at each Scout
- Wi-Fi 6 module: no hub, no wiring
- 5-year battery
Your place gets to know you
How long does it take your place to get to know you? With Gene, immediately.
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No credit card. Ships early 2027.
About
Built by an engineer whose bedroom was always too warm.
Gene is a comfort intelligence company, building technology that personally optimizes thermal conditions based on real-time data. Gene is committed to rigorous design standards. Gene turns your environment into a 3D map, enabling you to feel comfortable, wherever you are. Try Gene Scout in early 2027, and see the science yourself. Questions? Write us at hello@genethermal.com.
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Help bring comfort intelligence to every home.
Gene is raising early capital to finish real-room testing and take Gene Scout from prototype to production. For investment opportunities reach out to:
