Have been watching this new Kickstarter for a little bit now, looks like a very interesting device and the no-battery design really looks amazing.
This has got me thinking about Bluetooth integration with Smartthings again and wondering if anyone has been working on it. I don’t know nearly enough about Arduino but it seems like you might be able to build a Bluetooth presence detector through Arduino and then integrate that into Smartthings?
These iFind tags would make ideal presence sensors and possibly even a way to track people inside your home.
I apologize if this is being discussed elsewhere, I searched and didn’t find anything.
Interesting… I think they are skating along the edge though when they say “no battery.”
I suspect they are using a capacitor of some sort (they are referring to it as an ‘energy bank’), which while technically not a battery, it is something that functions like a battery and most people wouldn’t really differentiate it from a battery.
Still, a very interesting concept… harvesting EM energy to power a small device is really a great idea, if it works. I’m tempted to support it, but I’m also a little leering of whether this can be accomplished or not. I also don’t know that I’d have a HUGE use for it.
I’m glad that I am not the only one leery of the claims that they are making. If they are real, then this is a great product, one that I will probably have to sit on the sidelines to wait and see.