Smart home technology is quickly turning our homes into pads of the future. The only downside is the number of interfaces you have to deal with. Knocki aims to solve that problem.
It turns any surface into a control centre for your devices. Just attach it to a wall, table, door, piece of furniture or countertop, and it’ll turn said surface into a touch-sensitive interface. Then start tapping and you can control your smart home devices.
Pretty neat, eh? The only problem is you might get fingerprints all over your nice clean wall…
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Obviously it’s way more useful if you have smart home kit like a Nest thermostat and Philips Hue lightbulbs, but it can also perform plenty of functions without them.
It’s shot past its funding goal and still has 42 days to go. Pledge $79 (£54) and you can pick one up on an early bird. It’ll ship in December.
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