We’ve seen the emergence of smart houses, where almost all appliances can be controlled by a smartphone. But that would mean buying all new stuff, which will definitely cost a fortune. And also, there are some things lying around which may seem to be “uncontrollable” by any gadget in the market now. But a Kickstarter project called Switcheroo is trying to help you make your house or office smarter with just the help of a small circuit board and your smartphone of course.
The Switcheroo device can be attached to almost anything, both electronic and some non-electronic ones as well, and once you’ve connected it to the special app, you will now be able to control these devices, within electronic reason of course. It connects to your smartphone or tablet through Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy. Some of the things the developer mentions that can be upgraded through his invention would be garage door openers, remote-controlled toys, light switches, thermostat, and even the locks to your doors.
The Switcheroo will be wired into the simple switch that is commonly attached to the small buttons on various items. It will actually replace or act in concert with the switch that passes low voltage DC current to a microprocessor, which will allow your smartphone to control the device. The app that will be doing all the controlling is still under development, but they do show a prototype of sorts on two videos on their campaign page.
The Switcheroo still has some way to go before it reaches its target of $18,000, but at least they’re almost halfway there already. If you believe in this tech, you still have 28 days to go and support it and you can give as low as $29 to get at least one of the circuit board and its accessories.
SOURCE: Kickstarter
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