John Kestner

Supermechanical began in 2011 from our work at the MIT Media Lab with fun and humane physical interfaces, manifesting in Twine, arguably the first consumer IoT device—or at least the first general-purpose one, boxing up WiFi, batteries, plug-in sensors, rules-based programming and a cloud. Twine contained the seed of a good idea, that the world still hasn’t produced. A sensor power tool to...

My mobile app uses Freshchat. I wanted something with an SDK that would allow in-app help with information about their install, and tied into a knowledge base also available on the web, which Freshchat does through a FreshDesk integration. We moved from Helpshift because they raised prices to go after bigger customers. Cons: 1) They overbilled me twice, for exceeding maximum users per month,...

I assisted in app development for Moxie, but the creators, Andrew Chau and Eduardo Mucino, are the engineers who identified the need for an affordable pro-quality lens control system, and then built it. They had to meet the challenge of finding a motor that could provide the torque and resolution to move any old lens smoothly and reliably, and I've seen that they've done it.

Backed just for the portrait mount alone! We'll all be mounting our TVs vertically once Glif makes portrait video a thing you do on purpose.

Howdy! The kitchen is ripe for connected objects — we spend a lot of time in it and it's an emotional center of the home. But we shouldn't have to hover around in order to make great food. How about getting the right alert to come back to the oven to put food in, take dinner out, or turn it off? And Range OI's sensors works in concert with your phone and a geofence to gain the context needed to...