This Solar Powered Smart Device Automates Your Window Blinds

In the near future, you are going to live in a smart home where everything is internet connected, including your window blinds, thanks to FlipFlic, a smart, solar-powered window blinds controller, which automates window blinds without any tool in seconds. It’s pretty simple and even easier to install. Install it and your blinds will know to close, open or block out the light automatically.

It’s a cute, tiny piece of white plastic that you can attach directly to your window blinds and it will control them for you with the built-in mechanism that’s already there. You can control them using the FlipFlic app from your iPhone (the Android app will come soon), set the schedule or just let the device regulate automatically based on sunlight as it also comes with a built-in temperature and light sensor.

In case you are concerned about your FlipFlic will run out of power, let me assure you that the company includes a small solar charger. Just stick it to your window, allowing it collect light, and then connect the device with the charger and you’re done. It comes with two different models, depending on the kind of blinds you have, horizontal or vertical. Once the crowdfunding campaign is finished, you will have to choose one between them. Also, a third version of the blinds that close with a string is still under working process.

You must be thinking what benefits you are going to have by installing this tiny piece of plastic. First of all, you don’t have to run around your house just to open and close the blinds, no need to climb up furniture to close any hard-to-reach windows. As the device will close the blinds based on light and temperature, it will reduce your need for AC in the summer. Also, it’s a great feature to trick the robbers when you are on a holiday, far away from home.

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As the design is set, the company is currently moving into integrations and preproduction. If you want to purchase it, you can pre-order it for $60 on Kickstarter and $75 if you want it with the solar charger. The possible shipment is January 2017, but by paying $300, you can get a beta version of this amazing device as early as July.