--- description: Find out why Skylight Calendar Max is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Skylight Calendar Max: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723c629b210265ba/698a8a1809208f31a8422487/Skylight-Calendar-Max-Shadow-Box-.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # A Smart Family Assistant ## Video: 241017 Best Inventions For Parents [Watch (HLS stream): 241017 Best Inventions For Parents](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZfoN6OF2.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2024-10-29. Mila's Keeper MilKeeper, the Harbor Baby Monitor, and Babyark Convertible Car Seat are among TIME's best inventions for parents._ by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  “We’re building the operating system for the family,” says Michael Segal, founder and CEO of Skylight, makers of the wall-mountable Calendar Max. It’s a 27-inch smart touchscreen that syncs family members’ calendars, as well as showing chore charts, to-do lists, dinner plans, and more, so parents and children are all on the same page. An associated AI-powered app, Sidekick, can help ease parental stress by conjuring up meal plans and grocery lists on request. Pre-orders sold out in six weeks when the Calendar Max was launched in January; more than 10,000 have been sold to date. **Buy Now:** Calendar Max on [Skylight](https://fave.co/3BU58RP "undefined") | [Best Buy](https://fave.co/3C64AbA "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094768/skylight-calendar-max/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094768/skylight-calendar-max/"},"headline":"Skylight Calendar Max: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:32.307Z","description":"Find out why Skylight Calendar Max is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094768/skylight-calendar-max/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723c629b210265ba/698a8a1809208f31a8422487/Skylight-Calendar-Max-Shadow-Box-.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723c629b210265ba/698a8a1809208f31a8422487/Skylight-Calendar-Max-Shadow-Box-.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094768/skylight-calendar-max/","name":"Skylight Calendar Max: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"241017 Best Inventions For Parents","description":"Mila's Keeper MilKeeper, the Harbor Baby Monitor, and Babyark Convertible Car Seat are among TIME's best inventions for parents.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZfoN6OF2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-10-29T19:07:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZfoN6OF2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094768/skylight-calendar-max/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094768/skylight-calendar-max/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```