Method and a housing for storing and controllably releasing a product

A system for storing and controllably releasing a product to a user, the system comprising:

• a housing including:
• a container comprising a compartment within the container wherein the product is positioned within the compartment;
• wherein the container further comprises an access opening on a side wall of the container and a door is positioned over the access opening, the door being moveable between a closed position in which the door prevents access to the container and an open position in which the user may access the product contained within the container;
• a device for monitoring one or more measurable parameters of the user;
• a control module configured to compare the or each measurable parameter with a respective threshold value;
• the control module being further configured to unlock the door of the housing to give the user access to the product within the container in response to the control module determining that the, or each, or a predetermined combination of measurable parameter(s) of the user meet their respective thresholds;
• and
• software for use on a mobile communication device, the software being configured to communicate with the housing, and/or software in the housing itself, the software being further configured to receive user information from the user in a set-up step and to use the user information to predict a habit of the user, preferably by machine learning.