Cambridge Sound Technologies - Sound with Vision

Our History

Sometimes, it is a meeting of minds that creates a shared vision of the future.

Cambridge Sound Technologies began at a conference. A chance meeting around the buffet table and a discovery of shared ideas and mutual passions that led the two founders towards a collaboration. One has a background in electrical (sound) engineering and banking, the other, product design and manufacturing. Both wanted to make a difference.

The Sleep Infuser came out of a discussion about a simple acoustic device and how that might work together with research on methods of learning and improving cognition that had been carried out with the help of Cambridge University graduates. The question was: how can we improve the cognitive function of university students?

It was soon found that one of the best ways to do this was to improve sleep – in fact, sleep was highly influential in improving the ability to learn.

It was realised that the combination of the right algorithms and calm-inducing sounds could lead to actual changes in brain behaviour that could have a huge influence on sleep. The development of an acoustic device was the next step.

As with most good ideas – the road to production has been long. Much research has been done, the product has been tested both on a casual basis and independently, design work was carried out, prototypes produced and finally, it has reached a stage where it can be introduced to the people who need it most.

The Sleep Infuser is unique and therefore a patented audio technology. Our research and testing has shown that it works for most people and quickly. In the coming months the device will be put into production. Then it can finally do what it is designed to do – improve sleep.

Our Team

Colin Aston-James

Co-inventor & Co-founder

Frederick Donnet

Co-inventor & Co-founder

Dr. Julian Stone

Head of Sales & Marketing

Colin Aston-James

Colin Aston-James

Co-inventor & Co-founder

Enjoying a very active “retirement” is co-founder Colin - an electronics engineer by training, a systems consultant by profession and an entrepreneur at heart. His ability to manage detailed product and sound design across a multidisciplinary, multinational team while driving forward the company vision has been vital to our success. Passionate and pragmatic – Colin is the creative energy behind Sleep Infuser.

Frederick Donnet

Frederick Donnet

Co-inventor & Co-founder

Hong Kong resident, Belgium-born, co-founder Frederick embodies all that is impressive about a 25 year career in technology manufacture, logistics and product design. An ability to identify opportunities, design according to need and build a marketable brand are added to his skill in manufacture. For Cambridge Sound Technologies, that is the perfect combination and has been instrumental in the development of the Sleep Infuser.

Dr. Julian Stone

Dr. Julian Stone

Head of Sales & Marketing

Business leader, mentor, consultant, board member, corporate director - Julian is a highly qualified professional with a background in supporting the growth of tech start-ups. His passion lies in seeing innovative ideas reach their full potential and he is able to offer his extensive network of contacts and 20 year background in the medical tech sector to us here at Cambridge Sound Technologies. We are proud to have him as part of our team.

Our Ethos

We are creative people who believe in science.

Our aim as a company is to create products that improve people’s lives, while advancing innovation. We are a team who are ethical and open. We support an approach to technology that is about sharing knowledge and we work together for the benefit of others.

We entered this market almost by accident. The research we carried out in other areas has taken us down a path that we hadn’t really considered. It has been both exciting and daunting. But one thing we have been sure of is that according to our research our device works for an incredible 92% of the people who have tested it. It also works fast. We wanted to be sure of that. Maybe this is our USP. We don’t take the needs of our customers lightly.

We know you have come to us, sometimes in desperation, for a solution to a problem that impacts your life every single day. That’s a huge responsibility and our commitment is to support innovation and keep on developing, to move innovation forwards. This commitment includes our approach to sales, distribution, the environment and sustainability. Health is about more than sleep – we realise that.

The Sleep Infuser is coming soon – we want you to be the first to know when it is available.

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