A receptacle "Benki" that can turn the power on / off and check the power usage status with a smartphone while away from home

If you forget to turn off the appliances when you go out, turn on the switch on the heater from the outside and the room is at the proper temperature ... ... etc, not from inside the house but from the appliance switch It will change the wish that you can control the reality to "Benki"is. Benki said "Socket"View"Break3 types of devices have a set of ", it has useful features attached to each.

Benki: Connected Devices Done Right. By Benki - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/483802388/benki-connected-devices-done-right


You can check how you use Benki from the following movie.

Benki: Connected Devices Done Right. By Benki - Kickstarter


This is CEO and developer Kenny Smith.


"Socket" is a product that can control the switch of the device connected to the Socket by using the smartphone from the outside. The Socket has two plug insertion holes on the front side and a plug on the back side. Just connect the Socket to the plug socket and connect the plug of the appliance to the Socket.


If you install Benki-only application that supports iOS · Android on smartphone, you can control electric appliances connected to Socket from anywhere in the world.


Even if I left the power of the hair iron on and went out ......


You can turn off the hair iron by operating the application dedicated to Benki on the smartphone.


Socket has an audio sensor, if you set it in the room where the baby is sleeping ......


Socket catches the baby's sounds and notifies the smartphone.


With Socket, you do not need to constantly check the images of the cameras installed in your baby 's room on the monitor.


With Benki's exclusive application on smartphone, you can check the electricity usage status of electric appliances connected to Socket on a graph, and it is also perfect for energy saving measures.


This is a device built in camera called "View".


If you attach View to the kitchen ......


You can see the state of the kitchen from the shopping destination with the smartphone and you can check what kind of ingredients are missing on the screen. Since the LED light is built in, even if it gets dark it does not mean that the picture is hard to see.


This is "Break"


Break can be separated into two, if one is attached to the door and the other is attached to the frame of the door ......


Notify the smartphone when the door is opened or closed. Both View and Break use AA batteries and will last about 1 year.


Benki is currently collecting investment for commercialization, collecting 50 thousand dollars (about 493 thousand yen) as of June 17, 2013, targeting 220 thousand dollars (about 208 thousand yen) It will take a while. You can get Socket · View · Break one by one with a capital of 150 dollars (about 14,200 yen), shipping to the United States will be free of charge, but dispatch to foreign countries will cost $ 25 (about 2400 yen It is necessary separately. The deadline is 10:02 PM on July 4, 2013.