Hello everyone,
Ksenia here, founder at FlipFlic - happy to present it here to the PH community!
FlipFlic is the first plug-and-play solution to instantly transform old window blinds into a smart home appliance.
Snaps onto your existing blinds with one click! It will maintain the ideal level of indoor light and temperature throughout the day.
We just launched on Kickstarter for this second generation of the product.
We started working on it 2 years ago and are supported by the hardware accelerators Highway1 (California) and Buildit (Estonia).
Happy to answer any questions you might have!
Send us your feedback, comments, and love at ksenia@flipflic.com.
Cheers,
Ksenia
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This is cool, but how do I make them stuck and break them while trying to balance the ropes. I'm kind of used to that :D
Great product, I hope blinds manufacturers will work with you.
This team went through the Highway1 accelerator program. They are a driven team and they got shit done.
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I met Ksenia in early days of this startup (called Comfee at the time). It is impressive how quickly FlipFlic team iterates since then and keeps improving this great and super useful product.
@mcgrawbridget Hi Bridget, thank you for the question! We have been looking into DIY and affordable smart home hubs, which "work out of the box", without any professional installation needed and it turned out most of them have ZigBee. We will be adding a Z-wave-only version later as well, it's #2 protocol for us.
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@kayesakakiki Good to know. I'm visiting @b8ta today and I'll do a survey of their communication protocols.
@mcgrawbridget@b8ta Great! Please say hi to John :) I'd love to have a look at the survey results, if possible
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@kayesakakiki@b8ta Hi. I didn't see John but the store manager, Katrina, was super helpful and friendly. "Mostly BLE" is the answer... not a formal survey. I vibed out on @thync. Oddly energizing experience.
@mcgrawbridget Hi Bridget, my guess is there are more wearables than (inter) connected devices @b8ta and BLE is the king in wearables. Most IoT "influencers" agree that the best combo is BLE+smth for device-to-device and device-to-hub communication. @thync looks really cool! and unexpected. :)
Great idea. I would like to know more on use within commercial settings. Big building, lots of windows etc. I bet it would help save heat, energy, money?
@filippo_yacob Thanks for the question! Right, with ZigBee hub up to 100 devices can be controlled at a time, as they build up a mesh. This way a uniform and comfort light & temperature conditions can be reached. Savings will vary between 6-18% depending on the season and the building itself.
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