After a missed flight, an unplanned detour in London, 3 nerve-wracking security checks, the CubeSensors team finally landed in Dublin, Ireland on the eve of the Web Summit, the biggest tech conference in Europe. Luckily we made it through the journey with all the Cubes, so we were able to assemble them in our hotel room the same night.

The next morning we missed breakfast to set up our STARTglobal stand #192. This was basically the first and last chance for our CTO Marko and designer Leon to pose so relaxed. For the next two days, we were swamped with visitors and delighted to be answering all the great questions we received about the Cubes.

Aleš, our CEO, participated in the Real Bits, Brand New Pieces: Hacking Hardware panel on the Main stage. The panel was led by Max Chafkin and also featured Leap Motion CEO Michael Buckwald and MakerBot’s president Jennifer Lawton. You can watch their interesting discussion below.

In the meantime, Marko spoke to Wall Street Journal’s Ben Rooney, who was skeptical about the product at first, but came back home convinced. In the article, highlighting the two most interesting Web Summit hardware startups, he wrote:

“… CubeSensor, from a company based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is really part of a much bigger picture: smart homes. If you link devices like this with smart meters and even rudimentary home-automation systems, you start to get something useful.”

You can see Marko’s 30 second pitch for WSJ below:

TheJournal.ie also featured our “life-enhancing Cubes”, including a short demonstration by yours truly:

You can get an even closer look of our glowing Cubes in the video, posted by Web Summit’s official YouTube channel:

A video of our Leon pitching should also be available in a few days; we’ll add it when it’s posted online.

Thanks again to everyone who visited us at the Web Summit. It’s been a pleasure to talk to you and make the Cubes glow in your hands. We’re now starting with the production of our first batch and are looking forward to start shipping our first CubeSensors in a couple of weeks. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ for more updates!