The system — the work of a startup called Hubert — began operating in the United States and in Europe on crowd-funding website Indiegogo this month. Everything started after one of my grandmothers died in a home for dependent seniors in France, Stephane Lucon, a Frenchman who co-founded Hubert, told AFP. I was living with my wife and children 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) away from her, in Romania. I went to visit her whenever I could but I would have liked her to be able to see her grandchildren every day via Skype or any video conference application.