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SpaceCotTM is a new super lightweight baby cot, which can be deployed and retracted in seconds.
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Oxford Space Structures (OSS) is using Space technology to build baby products. The company is supported by the European Space Agency and several world-class universities. OSS’s first product is its award-winning ‘SpaceCot’ concept that uses the mechanism employed to unfurl ESA satellites to create the world’s most portable travel cot. The prototype weighs only 3.5kg and takes less than 10 seconds to erect or collapse using only one hand. Once erected it is highly stable and is more robust than any existing products. SpaceCot Modern childcare equipment is generally well designed, strongly branded and extremely safe. However there have been limited advances in core functionality and the designs for baby cots, playpens and pushchairs have not evolved significantly in many years. In particular, existing baby cot products are complicated and time consuming to deploy and fold up, and too heavy and bulky to carry easily. SpaceCotTM is a new super lightweight baby cot, which can be deployed and retracted in seconds.