--- description: Find out why Cradlewise Smart Crib is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Cradlewise Smart Crib: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39fc34739e85125e/698a14304ee2623baf3181b0/best-inventions-of-2020-Cradlewise-9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # A Crib That Calms Cradlewise Smart Crib by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Roughly 60% of 6-month-olds fail to sleep through the night. Enter [Cradlewise](https://cradlewise.com/ "undefined") ($1,500), an AI-powered smart crib and [bassinet](https://time.com/shopping/article/best-bassinets/ "undefined"). Most self-rocking cradles respond when a baby cries, but Cradlewise uses sensors to detect a child’s first stirrings. Based on the baby’s sleep schedule, the crib then determines whether to soothe them back to sleep with bouncing motions or to let them wake up. _—J.R. Sullivan_ **Buy now:** [Cradlewise Smart Crib](https://cradlewise.com/product/smart-crib/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911402/cradlewise-smart-crib/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911402/cradlewise-smart-crib/"},"headline":"A Crib That Calms","datePublished":"2020-11-19T00:57:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:18.267Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911402/cradlewise-smart-crib/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39fc34739e85125e/698a14304ee2623baf3181b0/best-inventions-of-2020-Cradlewise-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39fc34739e85125e/698a14304ee2623baf3181b0/best-inventions-of-2020-Cradlewise-9.jpg?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":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911402/cradlewise-smart-crib/","name":"A Crib That Calms"}}]}] ```