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Entryways, forgetting, the smart home. Written by the people building Dory, the smart key tray that remembers for you.

  1. NewsDoory on “Buy It Now”: we won our episode on NOVEOn October 8, 2026, we appeared on “Buy It Now, Mai più senza” on the Italian channel NOVE and won our episode, taking home a €10,000 prize. On the [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  2. Smart homePhysical triggers for your smart home: what they are and when they helpA physical trigger is a device that starts an automation when something concrete happens in your home, instead of relying on your phone’s location or [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  3. Smart homeWhy leaving-home automations fire lateLeaving-home automations fire late because almost all of them rely on your phone’s location, which gets sampled at intervals across a radius of at [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  4. Smart homeWhat Matter is and why it changes the smart homeMatter is a standard that lets smart devices from different brands talk to each other, without a separate app for each one. A Matter-certified device [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  5. ForgettingGifts for people who forget everythingInstead of helping them remember better, the right gift for someone who forgets everything takes away the need to remember at all. The gifts that work [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  6. EntrywayAirTag, Tile or a smart key tray: what you actually needA tracker like AirTag or Tile helps you find your keys once they’re already lost. A smart key tray warns you about what you’re about to forget while [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  7. ForgettingWhy phone reminders don’t workPhone reminders fail because they ask four things of you in a row: remembering to set them, being available when they go off, remembering why you set [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  9. ForgettingThe mental load at home: who remembers everything for everyoneMental load is the invisible work of holding the state of a household in your head: what’s due tomorrow, who needs to bring what, what’s running out [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  10. NewsB4i Investor Day: the day we put Dory in front of investorsOn July 1 we took the stage at the B4i Investor Day to present Dory to a room full of investors. Three months of pre-acceleration in Batch XIII ended [...]Written by Published on 3 min read
  11. NewsDeep Tech Matching Day: a full day of letting people try DoryOn June 30 we spent the day at the Deep Tech Matching Day, among 56 deep tech startups, with Dory on a counter and dozens of corporates and investors [...]Written by Published on 2 min read
  12. ForgettingADHD and everyday forgetfulness: change the environment, not your headWith ADHD, everyday forgetting is more often a problem of triggering than of memory. The information is there, but the cue that would bring it back at [...]Written by Published on 6 min read
  13. ForgettingHow to stop forgetting things when you leave homeTo stop forgetting things when you leave home, change your surroundings instead of training your memory. An item placed on your path works better than [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  14. EntrywayHow to organize your entrywayTo organize your entryway, start from the path you walk every day rather than from the furniture. Watch where you set things down coming in and going [...]Written by Published on 6 min read
  16. ForgettingWhy we always forget our keysYou forget your keys because, as you head for the door, your mind has already arrived where you’re going. Your body is still at home, but your [...]Written by Published on 5 min read
  17. EntrywaySmart key tray: what it is and how it worksA smart key tray is an entryway tray that recognizes when you pick up or put down your keys and uses that moment to remind you of something. Dory is [...]Written by Published on 4 min read
  18. OtherWhat Kickstarter is, and why we’re launching Dory thereKickstarter is the platform where projects raise the money they need to exist. People who believe in an idea back it before it goes on sale: if enough [...]Written by Published on 3 min read