The worlds worst IoT idea is almost fully funded
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The worlds worst IoT idea is almost fully funded
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#2What could possibly go wrong?
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#3In other news, you can now remotely start fires from your phone.
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#4Please report this to the Kickstarter staff. This is the least thought through IoT project I've ever seen and that's a tall order.
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#5Dumb wax warmer + smart outlet is a good alternative for anyone that likes this concept but dislikes it when their house burns down.
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#6Can you allow random people to control it? Kinda of like the Twitch plays Pokémon. Reddit scents my house.
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#7Internet connected candle ransomware: insert 1btc or your house burns down?
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#8Sometimes I wonder if some KickStarter campaigns are simply money laundering efforts. Create something that no one in their right mind would want and have your mules make pledges.
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#9Sometimes I wonder if some KickStarter campaigns are simply money laundering efforts. Create something that no one in their right mind would want and have your mules make pledges.
I had the same thought, especially since 73% of their funding is owed to the $10,000 nondescript "retail package" tier.
I can see people throwing away their money at a silly Kickstarter idea, but I have a hard time believing that not one but two "retail entities" saw this and came to the conclusion that $80 retail price for one candle is viable enough to pledge 10 grand for a mystery custom retail package.
Re: The worlds worst IoT idea is almost fully funded
#10Sometimes I wonder if some KickStarter campaigns are simply money laundering efforts. Create something that no one in their right mind would want and have your mules make pledges.
I had the same thought, especially since 73% of their funding is owed to the $10,000 nondescript "retail package" tier. I can see people throwing away their money at a silly Kickstarter idea, but I have a hard time believing that not one but two "retail entities" saw this and came to the conclusion that $80 retail price for one candle is viable enough to pledge 10 grand for a mystery custom retail package.
The guys on the Grumpy Old Geeks podcast are always laughing because the hacks they envision when looking at new products (software, IoT, SmartAnything) often show up some number of months later. I wonder whether we'll see this in a newspaper headline in a couple years.