At DT, we flip out over Internet-connected goodies a lot, from baby monitors to stoves and washing machines. But why wait for manufacturers to figure out how to integrate remote Web control into your everyday item when all you have to do is go at it from the root of the power: the battery.
That’s where Tethercell aims to change a few things. By inserting your average AAA batteries into a Tethercell chamber, those ordinary tubes have all of a sudden gained Bluetooth connectivity which makes it controllable by your iOS and Android devices (it also bumps the size of AAA batteries into AA). This means you can add remote app access to toys, fans, game consoles, alarm clocks, flashlights – literally anything that runs on AA batteries can become Bluetooth-enabled. With Tethercell, the device can also send alerts to your smartphones when batteries are running low, and you can set On/Off timers for various gadgets around the house.
Sounds too good to be true? Perhaps, but it’s not just a concept. The project is currently asking for funding via IndieGoGo to create Tethercells that run on Bluetooth 4.0, promising an average runtime of six to twelve months in battery life apiece. The range obviously varies depending on each gadget’s power suckage. There’s just a little over one month left to fund Tethercell, running at $35 each for those who want to be the first to try it out. With scale, the company aims to lower individual prices to between $10 to $20. What would you use Tethercells for? We think it’d be a perfect companion to a hilarious prank.
Interesting
This is awesome! Just bought it. Thanks
Are we making fun of my flameless candles? signed Gram.
Looks dumb
So I can control a nuclear aircraft carrier w/bluetooth. Cool. O.K. too complicated I can control my car w/bluetooth. O.K. something even simpler I can control a rock w/bluetooth. Not so much huh.
It may be more accurate to state you can turn on and off power to a two-cell double A battery powered device.
a gadget that can turn anything into a bluetooth connected device, awesome, if i could have one of those, evolution of techs in the 21st century, even wearable jeans are bluetooth activated, so teens watch out parents are tracking you down, gadgets becomes obsolete faster nowadays.
excerpt: Sounds too good to be true? Perhaps, but it’s not just a concept. The project is currently asking for funding via IndieGoGo to create Tethercells that run on Bluetooth 4.0, promising an average runtime of six to twelve months in battery life apiece. The range obviously varies depending on each gadget’s power suckage. There’s just a little over one month left to fund Tethercell, running at $35 each for those who want to be the first to try it out. With scale, the company aims to lower individual prices to between $10 to $20. What would you use Tethercells for? We think it’d be a perfect companion to a hilarious prank.
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Very cool!
“Tethercells that run on Bluetooth 4.0, promising an average runtime of six to twelve months in battery life apiece.” Now there’s some innovation here! Whoever thought of this needs the Nobel prize right away! Low cost, complete availability when needed, low power consumption like an e-reader, who could ask for more? Please send this invention to Kickstarter and in a hurry!!
It could be very useful. I use a similar ‘battery’ that goes in a remote control. It picks up the IR (infrared) pulses that the remote sends, converts them to RF (radio frequency), sends them to a receiver which converts them back to IR. It lets me use my home theater remote anywhere in the house. I’m not sure that there’s the same application for this, but I wouldn’t discount this as a gimmick.
Does this mean I can use this with my 3DS XL and make it access the internet without the need for a network in range?
Weird shit.