Parents guide
Set the experience, assign Gigs and keep oversight clear.
Connect with usFamily technology, built differently
Taking screens away isn’t enough. What replaces them matters.
Task Box Tech is developing technology that helps families redirect screen time toward responsibility, practical skills, movement, learning and time together—experiences research associates with healthy child development.
01 / The company
Families do not need another app that only measures the problem.
Most screen-time tools monitor, restrict or report. Task Box Tech is exploring a more practical question: what if technology could help redirect attention toward contribution, responsibility and time together?
02 / What we’re building
First product currently in development
Introducing
Gig Caddy
A purpose-built physical and digital system for real family life.
Gig Caddy brings connected household hardware, a parent-controlled mobile experience, a clear child-facing Gig system and Family Timer into one coordinated product.
The goal is straightforward: give parents a practical way to connect screen access with meaningful action—without turning family life into another complicated piece of software.
Kids take action
See what needs to be done through a simple, understandable experience.
Families reconnect
Family Timer puts participation and leading by example at the center.
03 / Our approach
The technology should feel quiet. The family experience should feel obvious.
We are designing hardware and software as one product, with four principles guiding the work.
- 01Parents lead by example.
- 02Technology supports action—not more screen consumption.
- 03Family contribution comes before rewards.
- 04Simplicity is a product requirement.
04 / Where we are
Development follows evidence, not a launch calendar.
Building carefully before building at scale.
- Complete Product concept and ecosystem defined
- Complete Provisional patent filed
- In progress Mechanical and electronic development
- Next Prototype-family validation
- Following validation Manufacturing and commercialization
05 / Our team
Three perspectives.
One practical idea.
Our founding team brings more than three decades of combined experience building teams, managing assets, developing software and turning complex operational problems into practical solutions.
How the idea began
A research question became a product idea.
Task Box Tech began with a simple contrast. Research points to the potential value of age-appropriate responsibility, consistent family routines and active participation in children’s development. Yet many families face recurring conflict around personal devices, while most screen-time tools focus primarily on restricting access.
That contrast led to a more useful question:
When a device is taken away, what meaningful experience should replace it?
Marcio continued examining research involving household responsibilities, executive function, family routines, parent participation and screen use. That work shaped the original Task Box concept—and eventually Gig Caddy: a system designed not merely to restrict screen time, but to redirect it toward action and family participation, empowering parents to lead by example.
Research that informs the question
Independent studies helped turn an observation into a product-development hypothesis.
Executive functions and household chores
In parent reports covering 207 children ages 5–13, participation in self-care and family-care chores was associated with working memory and inhibition.
Important limitation: The study was observational and parent-reported. It does not prove that chores caused stronger executive function.
View original source ↗Routines and child development
A systematic review of 170 studies found that routines were generally associated with positive outcomes across cognitive, self-regulation, social-emotional, academic and health domains.
Important limitation: The evidence spans different routines, populations and methods. Association does not establish that one routine produces every outcome.
View original source ↗Screen time and developmental screening
In a longitudinal cohort of 2,441 mothers and children, higher screen time at ages 24 and 36 months was associated with poorer performance on developmental screening measures at later assessments.
Important limitation: Screen time and development were parent-reported, and the study did not separate different types or quality of screen use.
View original source ↗Task Box Tech did not conduct these studies. They inform our product-development questions but do not establish that Gig Caddy produces the same outcomes. Product-specific claims require validation.
06 / Connect
We’re interested in the right conversations.
Task Box Tech welcomes thoughtful inquiries from people and organizations who can help move the work forward.
contact@taskboxtech.comInvestors
Early-stage investors who understand consumer hardware, family technology and disciplined product validation.
Start a conversation →Strategic partnersResearchers, family-focused organizations and technology partners aligned with the work ahead.
Start a conversation →ManufacturingExperienced consumer-electronics, tooling, assembly and quality partners.
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